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.
Netizens go ahead and join the live dialogue with politicians, IT experts and other people of action on the challenges related to the Internet of tomorrow: Welcome to the United Nations Internet Governance Forum in Berlin in November 2019!
The Regional Distribution of .de Domains in Germany ― One in Five Germans Has a .de Domain
Every year, the precise geographic distribution of .de domains is mapped in the annual regional domain statistics published by DENIC. The registry managing all domains with the ending .de now presents the results of
Thomas Keller remains chairman / Oliver Elste, Dr. Johannes Loxen and Sebastian Röthler newly elected
At the ordinary General Assembly held today in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the members of DENIC eG, the managing organisation and central registry of all domains under the top-level domain .de, decided on the composition
Current happenings in the Internet governance context January to March 2019:
The focal issue of the Internet Governance discussion in the 1st quarter 2019 was Artificial Intelligence (AI). By now this topic has been taken up by nearly all major international organisations and is being worked on from most diverse
Current happenings in the Internet governance context October to December 2018:
The fourth quarter of 2018 was decisive for the further evolution of Internet Governance. Numerous high-calibre international conferences were held during this period at which all aspects of global Internet Governance were discussed, and the course was set
Cologne, 28 November 2018: The Association of the Internet Industry eco eV honours the Data Escrow Service of the Registry for .de Domains. The prize-winning DENIC service offers an unprecedented backup option for domain data in Europe.
Companies with a promising future, products that create added value and innovative
DNS Anycast Services, Data Escrow Services and DENICdirect Newly Grouped in DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG
As of 1 November 2018, the newly established DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG will start operating at its head office in Darmstadt, Germany. The fully owned subsidiary of German ccTLD manager DENIC
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