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Better in many ways – check out the new registrant portal!
We are pleased to announce that our registrant portal was revamped significantly ahead of the turn of the year. We gave the portal a new look and added a number of practical functions: domain data can now be locked and users can make their contact information public, if they so wish. Estonian has been restored as a selection under the language options and the new portal is once again accessible to foreign nationals.
The
registrant portal is
aimed at active domain registrants who need a comprehensive overview
of all of their domains, in particular if their domains are
registered with different registrars.
The new portal is in
many ways better than the old one: for example, we gave the portal a
new look and revamped the user interface. Now the portal is similar
to our website and auction environment – being bigger, more
user-friendly and more convenient. Moreover, all functions provided
by the old portal were maintained while two important functions were
added:
Registry
lock
The most important
addition is the registry lock – an option to lock the registration
data. The lock is intended to protect the domain data against
unwanted alteration. Each registrant can use their electronic ID to
lock their data so that the registrar can only renew the
registration. Any other externally initiated alterations – such as
changing the owner or registrar, name servers or DNSSEC keys – are
locked. The data can only be changed after the registrant has
unlocked their domain.
Making contact
information public
As a
consequence of the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) publishing the contact information of domain name
registrants was no longer legal without the express consent of the
individual registrants. Obtaining access to contact information
required multiple consents to different things on multiple forms
throughout the site. Because many users have asked for an option to
make their contact information voluntarily public we added such an
option to the new environment, and now each individual can choose
whether to make their data public or not.
For user identification we
introduced the Information
System Authority’s (RIA)
TARA service together with a change of international significance –
eIDAS, the European electronic identification, authentication and
trust services, enabling enable secure and seamless electronic
transactions. The solution makes the portal accessible to nationals
of Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark
and other* Member States that have adopted electronic identification
solutions.
Click
here to check out the new registrant portal >>>
We
very much hope that the portal will be used by an increasing number
of users, and welcome your feedback on any aspect of your experience
and suggestions for improving our services. Please send your feedback
to info@internet.ee
* Altogether 12 EU countries: Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Slovakia and
Czech Republic
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Watch and think along - Internet Day 2021 will take place on May 25 via live broadcast!
If the sixth Internet Day, which was to take place in March last year, was not held due to the pandemic, then this year, the event will take place via a secure live broadcast. However, despite the changed circumstances, the idea of Internet Day still remains the same - to bring together those interested in the Estonian Internet community to contribute to the development of our Internet by discussing topical issues. The motto of this year's Internet Day is "Tomorrow's weather on the Internet."
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RegeID @ .ee now enables people from 12 EU countries to access and use our solutions!
It was 2018 when we first met with the Czech registry to discuss the option of adding eIDAS to our public-facing web interfaces with the goal of strengthening the identification of our registrants and contacts. We are both very active in developing our businesses, so the question came up on how to find resources to make this happen. Luckily the EU also believes it to be beneficial to promote eIDAS usage and made support measures available via its Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) tool. The Czechs took the lead role and off we went!
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In figures: the top-level domain (.ee) in 2020
Here’s a brief look back at the .ee registry in 2020 – how many domain names were ordered, how many were abandoned, and the dynamics of the registry over the past decade. By the way, do you know what the longest .ee domain registered in 2020 was?