Registrar Data Escrow Compliance: Safeguarding Domains Large and Small.

As an Internet domain name registrar, you’re protecting some of the Web’s most vital information. It’s an awesome responsibility, made easier by data escrow protection.

When you’re a domain name registrar, you’ve got a lot on your plate. Fortune 500 companies, home-based businesses and the future social network giants of the world are all counting on you to keep their domains registered and to keep them online.

Gaining accreditation as a registrar from ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is no easy feat, and it’s a responsibility you certainly don’t take lightly. And yet registrars can fail for a variety of reasons. To protect the data entrusted to registrars by individual domain holders, ICANN established its Registrar Data Escrow program in 2007.

By escrowing all vital domain data and specifying the conditions under which this information can be turned over to ICANN, you as a registrar are insuring the safety of the domain data entrusted to you.

Read the full Iron Mountain document at: http://www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Reference-Library/View-by-Document-Type/General-Articles/R/Registrar-Data-Escrow-Compliance-Safeguarding-Domains-Large-and-Small.aspx