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VERY IMPORTANT CHANGES re: .CA
http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/99.html
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Pay special attention to #4, 5, 6 & 7!
1. The Registrant Agreement allows CIRA to notify you of changes to the
Registrant Agreement that apply to domain name registrations by giving
you notice by email and posting the changes on CIRA's website. The changes
will not take effect until the later of least thirty (30) days of posting
the amendments on CIRA's website (currently at http://www.cira.ca) and
thirty (30) days after CIRA gives notice of such amendment to the Registrant
and the Registrant's Registrar. (See section 10.1 of the Agreement.)
2. The Agreement has been amended to include, for the sake of clarity,
definitions such as, "Account Information," "Activation," "Authorized
Signing Representative," "CIRA Elections," and "Meetings" (See section 1.2).
3. Certain obsolete language has been deleted and some grammatical and
typographical errors have been corrected throughout the document.
4. You are no longer permitted to transfer the Domain Name registration to
another registrant or change your Registrar of Record for thirty (30) days
from the time that the registration was activated, as defined in the Agreement
(see section 2.2).
5. The Agreement clarifies that your Registrar has the ability to change the
contact details for your administrative contact at any time, without having
to go through the Change of Critical Information process, as set out in
section 8.3 of the Registration Rules (http://www.cira.ca/en/doc_Registrar.html)
and as amended in the "General Registration Rules", PROVIDED you have consented
to this and granted this authority to your Registrar. (See section 2.6).
6. Your Registrar may request CIRA to cancel your Domain Name registration within
seven (7) days of its activation, without your consent.
(See sections 2.6, 6.2 and document entitled "Cancelling a New Registration Request
Policy, Rules, and Procedures" (Version 1.0 - Effective Date: June 5, 2003)).
7. Your Registrar may cancel a renewal term for your Domain Name registration,
if the renewal term has not yet commenced. (See section 2.6 and document entitled
"Cancellation of Renewal Request policy, Rules, and Procedures"
(Version 1.0 - Effective Date: June 5, 2003.)).
8. The Administrative Contact's role in relation to the Registrant has been clarified.
For example, the Agreement has been changed to state that all CIRA notices to you,
the Registrant, will ONLY be sent to your administrative contact email address,
as listed in the Registration Information for the respective Domain Name Registration.
(See section 2.7 and 2.8).
9. Also, certain limits to the authority granted to your administrative contact have
been imposed. For instance, your administrative contact is no longer permitted to
vote for you. As an individual Registrant, only the individual is permitted to
vote at any CIRA elections and attend and vote at any CIRA members' meetings.
When a Registrant is not an individual, someone in the organization who is a
full-time employee and who has the authority to vote or has signing authority,
that is not limited to CIRA Elections or Meetings, may vote during a CIRA board
of director election or attend and vote at a CIRA members' meeting.
(See section 2.9)
10. It has been now explicitly stated that it is your obligation to ensure that all
fees payable to the Registrant's Registrar have been paid when they are due.
Failure to pay the applicable fees to your current or former Registrar may result
in cancellation, by CIRA, of your Domain Name registration.
(See sections 3.1(n) and 6.4).
11. Also, the Agreement makes it clear that you are now also subject to the terms and
conditions of the use of CIRA's website, as set out in the Legal Notice on CIRA's
website (www.cira.ca) (see section 3.1(o)).
12. The Agreement has been modified to clarify what information can be used by CIRA on
the WHOIS search. (See section 4.1).
13. The Agreement now clarifies that CIRA has the right to restrict your use of your
Domain Name in accordance with applicable CIRA Policies, Rules, and Procedures
(see section 6.1).
14. The Agreement has been amended to include situations where termination of the
Agreement may occur if you amalgamate, change your name, or ceased to exist as
the Person listed in the CIRA WHOIS database (see section 6.16(d)).
15. The Registrant notification process for changes to the Registrant Agreement has changed
to indicate the CIRA is only required to send you notification that their have been
changes to the agreement and not provide a summary of those changes to you. Instead,
CIRA may send a notification to you that contains a link to a page on CIRA's website that
provides you with a summary of the changes and access to a copy of the amended Agreement.
16. FOR A FULL TEXT OF THE AMENDED REGISTRANT AGREEMENT, (VERSION 1.4 - EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 5, 2003)
PLEASE SEE HTTP://WWW.CIRA.CA/EN/DOC_REGISTRAR.HTML.
http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/99.html
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Pay special attention to #4, 5, 6 & 7!
1. The Registrant Agreement allows CIRA to notify you of changes to the
Registrant Agreement that apply to domain name registrations by giving
you notice by email and posting the changes on CIRA's website. The changes
will not take effect until the later of least thirty (30) days of posting
the amendments on CIRA's website (currently at http://www.cira.ca) and
thirty (30) days after CIRA gives notice of such amendment to the Registrant
and the Registrant's Registrar. (See section 10.1 of the Agreement.)
2. The Agreement has been amended to include, for the sake of clarity,
definitions such as, "Account Information," "Activation," "Authorized
Signing Representative," "CIRA Elections," and "Meetings" (See section 1.2).
3. Certain obsolete language has been deleted and some grammatical and
typographical errors have been corrected throughout the document.
4. You are no longer permitted to transfer the Domain Name registration to
another registrant or change your Registrar of Record for thirty (30) days
from the time that the registration was activated, as defined in the Agreement
(see section 2.2).
5. The Agreement clarifies that your Registrar has the ability to change the
contact details for your administrative contact at any time, without having
to go through the Change of Critical Information process, as set out in
section 8.3 of the Registration Rules (http://www.cira.ca/en/doc_Registrar.html)
and as amended in the "General Registration Rules", PROVIDED you have consented
to this and granted this authority to your Registrar. (See section 2.6).
6. Your Registrar may request CIRA to cancel your Domain Name registration within
seven (7) days of its activation, without your consent.
(See sections 2.6, 6.2 and document entitled "Cancelling a New Registration Request
Policy, Rules, and Procedures" (Version 1.0 - Effective Date: June 5, 2003)).
7. Your Registrar may cancel a renewal term for your Domain Name registration,
if the renewal term has not yet commenced. (See section 2.6 and document entitled
"Cancellation of Renewal Request policy, Rules, and Procedures"
(Version 1.0 - Effective Date: June 5, 2003.)).
8. The Administrative Contact's role in relation to the Registrant has been clarified.
For example, the Agreement has been changed to state that all CIRA notices to you,
the Registrant, will ONLY be sent to your administrative contact email address,
as listed in the Registration Information for the respective Domain Name Registration.
(See section 2.7 and 2.8).
9. Also, certain limits to the authority granted to your administrative contact have
been imposed. For instance, your administrative contact is no longer permitted to
vote for you. As an individual Registrant, only the individual is permitted to
vote at any CIRA elections and attend and vote at any CIRA members' meetings.
When a Registrant is not an individual, someone in the organization who is a
full-time employee and who has the authority to vote or has signing authority,
that is not limited to CIRA Elections or Meetings, may vote during a CIRA board
of director election or attend and vote at a CIRA members' meeting.
(See section 2.9)
10. It has been now explicitly stated that it is your obligation to ensure that all
fees payable to the Registrant's Registrar have been paid when they are due.
Failure to pay the applicable fees to your current or former Registrar may result
in cancellation, by CIRA, of your Domain Name registration.
(See sections 3.1(n) and 6.4).
11. Also, the Agreement makes it clear that you are now also subject to the terms and
conditions of the use of CIRA's website, as set out in the Legal Notice on CIRA's
website (www.cira.ca) (see section 3.1(o)).
12. The Agreement has been modified to clarify what information can be used by CIRA on
the WHOIS search. (See section 4.1).
13. The Agreement now clarifies that CIRA has the right to restrict your use of your
Domain Name in accordance with applicable CIRA Policies, Rules, and Procedures
(see section 6.1).
14. The Agreement has been amended to include situations where termination of the
Agreement may occur if you amalgamate, change your name, or ceased to exist as
the Person listed in the CIRA WHOIS database (see section 6.16(d)).
15. The Registrant notification process for changes to the Registrant Agreement has changed
to indicate the CIRA is only required to send you notification that their have been
changes to the agreement and not provide a summary of those changes to you. Instead,
CIRA may send a notification to you that contains a link to a page on CIRA's website that
provides you with a summary of the changes and access to a copy of the amended Agreement.
16. FOR A FULL TEXT OF THE AMENDED REGISTRANT AGREEMENT, (VERSION 1.4 - EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 5, 2003)
PLEASE SEE HTTP://WWW.CIRA.CA/EN/DOC_REGISTRAR.HTML.
