ICANN Contractual Compliance Metrics September 2023 to August 2024

Registrar Obligations: Abuse Complaint Type Detail

The chart below provides details concerning the complaints submitted to ICANN Contractual Compliance under Section 3.18 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. This chart includes the number of complaints received and the type of abusive activity allegedly associated with the domain name(s) subject to the complaint (the “Complaint Categories”). The complaint categories are selected by the complainant with the submission and are not determined by ICANN Contractual Compliance. One single complaint can include more than one complaint category (e.g., one abuse complaint that involves a domain name that is allegedly used for phishing and to support a botnet infrastructure may result in two complaint categories). Therefore, the sum of all selected complaint categories will not necessarily equal the total number of abuse complaints received within the month. Where the alleged abusive activity does not correspond to any of the specific complaint categories in the chart, the complainant may select the option “Other” (e.g., complaints involving alleged illegal or offensive website content).

	SEP 23	OCT 23	NOV 23	DEC 23	JAN 24	FEB 24	MAR 24	APR 24	MAY 24	JUN 24	JUL 24	AUG 24	Average
Received Abuse Complaints	507	505	605	817	1081	3151	1100	1036	470	376	429	480	880
Complaint Categories
Counterfeiting	66	108	230	139	97	297	278	527	47	41	77	68	165
Fraudulent, deceptive practices	312	309	431	358	350	403	496	784	230	165	200	224	355
Pharmaceutical	21	12	21	8	68	414	270	110	25	49	45	92	95
Trademark or copyright infringement	177	173	311	244	212	234	366	657	167	119	154	132	246
Abuse contact / procedures information	63	62	73	55	61	145	218	166	0	0	0	0	70
Other	61	79	103	79	122	681	401	557	75	52	52	117	198

Registrar Abuse Complaint Type Detail for Invalid/Out-of-scope Closed Complaints vs. Complaints sent to Registrars

The chart below provides details concerning invalid complaints received and closed under Section 3.18 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement during the reporting period, as well as those closed after obtaining evidence of compliance from the relevant registrar. The chart breaks down these closed complaints by complaint category. The complaint categories are selected by the complainant with the submission and are not determined by ICANN Contractual Compliance. One single complaint can include more than one complaint category (e.g., one abuse complaint involving one domain name that is allegedly used for phishing and to support a botnet infrastructure may result in two complaint categories). Therefore, the sum of all selected complaint categories will not necessarily equal the total number of abuse complaints received within the month. Where the alleged abusive activity does not correspond to any of the specific complaint categories in the chart, the complainant may select the option “Other” (e.g., complaints involving alleged illegal or offensive website content). ICANN Contractual Compliance does not review the validity of the reported activity (e.g., whether the domain name is, in fact, being used to conduct the reported activity botnet, phishing, etc.). Rather, ICANN Contractual Compliance validates whether the complaint itself falls within ICANN’s contractual scope to address and if so, whether the registrar complied with its obligations under 3.18 of the RAA.

	SEP 23	OCT 23	NOV 23	DEC 23	JAN 24	FEB 24	MAR 24	APR 24	MAY 24	JUN 24	JUL 24	AUG 24	Average	%
Closed Abuse Complaints	479	527	531	623	803	3,602	851	1,188	332	442	452	448	857	100%
Closed as Invalid	428	445	462	550	722	3,507	743	1,075	267	380	402	398	782	91%
Sent to Registrar	51	82	69	73	81	95	108	113	65	62	50	50	75	9%
By Complaint Category
Counterfeiting
Closed as Invalid	60	91	159	65	133	316	123	661	24	36	41	40	146	92%
Sent to Registrar	7	17	11	24	18	14	7	11	9	10	5	8	12	8%
Fraudulent, deceptive practices
Closed as Invalid	272	291	324	200	374	434	274	840	163	175	186	155	307	90%
Sent to Registrar	31	46	40	44	35	36	45	49	33	30	19	23	36	10%
Pharmaceutical
Closed as Invalid	17	14	9	9	24	433	131	235	8	44	31	83	87	94%
Sent to Registrar	5	5	2	2	5	12	12	8	1	9	4	5	6	6%
Trademark or copyright infringement
Closed as Invalid	136	163	224	131	223	267	130	759	79	127	129	97	205	87%
Sent to Registrar	17	30	28	40	37	24	37	47	29	32	19	18	30	13%
Abuse contact / procedures information
Closed as Invalid	56	61	60	35	46	161	55	333	0	0	1	0	67	96%
Sent to Registrar	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	1	3	4%
Other
Closed as Invalid	49	81	68	38	91	722	224	701	43	62	57	85	185	96%
Sent to Registrar	3	6	7	17	7	3	6	13	7	10	5	6	8	4%