ICANN Contractual Compliance 2017 Annual Reports

2017 Enforcement Reasons for Registrars and Registries

This report presents data about the Formal Resolution Process broken out by enforcement reason. The measurement counts the occurrence of each reason during the calendar year. The suspension, termination and cured reasons could relate to breaches from the previous year. The # of unique column represents the number of registrars or registries related to each enforcement reason. The total of this column represents the number of unique registrars or registries, not the column total, as a registrar or registry could appear in the counts for multiple enforcement reasons. To view a list of enforcement activities for registrars and registries, go to: Formal Notices (Enforcement). To view enforcement notices for registrars and registries, go to: Notices of Breach, Suspension, Termination and Non-Renewal.

Registrars

Enforcement Reasons Breach Suspended Termination Cured # of Unique Registrars
2009 RAA 3.4.2-.3 - Maintain and provide records11
2009 RAA 3.7.8 - Take reasonable steps to investigate claimed Whois inaccuracies11
2009 RAA 5.3.4 - Cure any 2009 RAA breach within 15 working days11
2013 RAA 3.15 - Complete and provide Compliance Certificate212
2013 RAA 3.15 - Respond to audits223
2013 RAA 3.17 - Maintain and provide information required by the Registrar Information Specification111
2013 RAA 3.3.1 - Provide Whois Services11
2013 RAA 3.4.2-.3 - Maintain and provide records748
2013 RAA 3.6 - Escrow registration data738
2013 RAA 3.7.8 - Take reasonable steps to investigate claimed Whois inaccuracies414
2013 RAA 3.7.8 and WAPS 1, 2, 4 - Validate and verify Whois contact information414
2013 RAA 3.9 - Pay accreditation fees435
2013 RAA 5.5.3 - Terminate officer judged to have committed fraud or breach of fiduciary duty111
2013 RAA 5.5.4 - Cure breaches of the RAA within 21 days347
Transfer Policy Section 1 & 3 - Allow RNH to transfer domain name (Section 1) or provide valid reason for denial (Section 3)111
Transfer Policy Section 5 - Provide AuthInfo code111
REGISTRAR Total36461829

Registries

Enforcement Reasons Breach Suspended Termination Cured # of Unique Registries
2017 Amendment Section 2.3 - comply with data escrow procedures within 14 calendar days11
Base RA Article 6 - Pay past due fees223
Base RA Section 1 of Specification 4 - Operate a Whois service available via port 4311
Base RA Section 2.1 of Specification 4 - Provide third-party zone file access11
Base RA Section 3.c. of Specification 11 - Operate top-level domain in transparent manner111
Base RA Section 7 of Specification 13 - Provide Annual Certification of Compliance11
Base RA Section 7.5 - Obtain ICANN's prior written approval for a change of control11
REGISTRY Total836

2017 Totals

  Breach Suspended Termination Cured # Registries and Registrars
2017 Total44462135