Nominet UK

• Rennie Fritchie ( Chairman )
• Lesley Cowley (CEO)

Nominet is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Oxford, UK. It was founded in 1996 and is responsible for the operation and management of the top -level domain. Responsible uk.

History

After the introduction of. Uk domains in 1985 were managed under the domain suffix from the so-called Naming Committee, which consisted entirely of volunteers. Once this could no longer handle the growing number of domains, 1996, the company was founded Nominet. The legal form of the Private Limited Company was chosen in which the partners are not involved in the competition, so that the work actually profit organization. The transition of the. Uk management by Naming Committee on Nominet took place on 14 May 1996.

In 2006, Nominet announced that it will restructure the company. An attempt was next domains to also take over the management of ENUM was. In addition, a change in the Constitution should ensure that the members for organizational decisions need not be so frequently questioned directly.

The historic milestone of 10 million registered. Uk domains Nominet reached in March 2012. The company is among the three largest network information centers worldwide.

Criticism

In January 2010, Nominet was criticized after about 1,200 domains have been blocked at the request of the Metropolitan Police Service. The reason the company gave a tangle in cybercrime, but this was not detected for some domains. They only were suspected to have been involved in violations. A court order was not sought by Nominet.

2012 also became known that Nominet was criticized for discrimination. The former head of the legal department sued the company for 101,000 pounds damages for pain and suffering. By his own admission, the legal action related mainly to cases from the years 2008 and 2009.