ICANN has issued a public contract breach notice to a Turkish registrar over claims it’s not adequately responding to abuse reports.
Atak Teknoloji showed a “failure to take reasonable and prompt steps to investigate and respond appropriately to reports of abuse” and did not provide ICANN with evidence it responds to abuse reports, ICANN said.
These are violations of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, the breach notice says.
The registrar is also not offering a port 43 Whois service as required by the RAA, ICANN claims.
Atak isn’t small. It has about 175,000 domains under management in gTLDs, according to registry reports.
It has until February 18 to come into compliance or risk suspension, and has already supplied ICANN with documentation that is now under review.
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