Since August 18, 2026, new legal requirements apply within the EU, aiming to facilitate and speed up cross-border access to electronic evidence used to investigate and prosecute criminal offences. As an online service provider, DENIC is in scope, too.
Current happenings in the Internet governance context April to June 2021:
The second quarter of 2021 with its series of inter-governmental summits has made it obvious that the topic of Internet governance has arrived on the high stage of world politics. Digitisation and cybersecurity have become problems that preoccupy
Regional distribution of .de across Germany – Significant increase in .de domain in 2020
2020 was a year of accelerated digitisation. This trend is also reflected in the growth of domains registered under the German country code .de. In 2020, the number of .de domains registered in the cities and districts
Virtual experimental lab in Frankfurt for interested future IT professionals from 14 to 16 May
The German-wide IT initiative "Jugend hackt" offers young people with a strong interest in information technology a space for experimenting and a networking platform for exchanging ideas with like-minded people. Under
Current happenings in the Internet governance context January to March 2021:
By now, the geo-political effects the Covid-19 pandemic will have in the long term are becoming obvious. They will also have an impact on the future structure of the global Internet governance ecosystem. In the first quarter
Current happenings in the Internet governance context October to December 2020:
In the fourth quarter of 2020, the global discussion on Internet governance continued to be strongly impacted by the coronavirus crisis. At the inter-governmental level, even summit and ministerial conferences, such as G20 and BRICS, and diplomatic negotiations,
Starting 1 November 2020: More efficient TRANSIT procedure
With the so-called TRANSIT procedure, DENIC has provided domain holders protection against unintended loss of their domains for 20 years. The TRANSIT procedure applies, if a domain is no longer administered by a provider and has been handed over to the
Get ready for an entertaining evening with talks, live music and pub quiz at its best, after breathing maritime flair on a virtual tour around Hamburg, the ‘gateway to the world’!
As part of ICANN's 69th community meeting, DENIC cordially invites you to a virtual tour of Smart
The majority of domains classified as malicious fell into the phishing category (73.6 per cent), followed by spam (11 per cent), malware (7.8 per cent), pharming (4.5 per cent) and botnets (3.1 per cent)., 14.10.2026
In August, the ccNSO invited all ccTLD registries worldwide to take part in the third edition of the DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC) survey. The survey runs from August to September 2026., 14.10.2026
An EU-wide, uniform legal framework for mandatory direct cooperation between online service providers and law enforcement authorities in EU Member States, 14.10.2026