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World's biggest domain seller fears India's fake site crackdown could damage internet
GoDaddy says the orders could expose legitimate users’ details and force domain sellers to change privacy rules worldwide.
- GoDaddy has challenged a Delhi High Court directive from December mandating domain sellers disclose registrant details within 72 hours to parties with "legitimate interest" and prohibit privacy-by-default features.
- The December ruling blocked more than 1,100 fake websites described as "engines for large scale deception," following years of litigation by global firms including Amazon and McDonald against brand impersonation schemes.
- In a 5,121-page appeal, GoDaddy argued the directives create "foreseeable privacy and security risks" and violate European Union GDPR standards, while contending "blanket injunctions" on common names like "McDonald" unfairly monopolize linguistic heritage.
- GoDaddy warned the "commercially destabilising" directives could force it to "exit India," while The Home Ministry maintains registrant details "should be readily available" to combat cybercrime affecting one person every 37 seconds.
- Appeals will be heard on July 16, with Arizona-based Namecheap and Netherlands-based Hosting Concepts joining the legal challenge against directives that GoDaddy says carry broad global ramifications for internet governance.
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World's biggest domain seller GoDaddy warns India fake site crackdown could harm internet safety and legitimate businesses
The world's biggest internet domain seller, GoDaddy, has warned that India's crackdown on fake websites impersonating famous brands will make the internet less safe for legitimate businesses and carry global ramifications.Soaring smartphone and internet use has coincided with a worsening problem of online fraud in India, the world's most populous nation. It's a key challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which last year receive…
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EXCLUSIVE: World's biggest domain seller fears India's fake site crackdown could damage internet
The world's biggest internet domain seller, GoDaddy, has warned that India's crackdown on fake websites impersonating famous brands will make the internet less safe for legitimate businesses and carry global ramifications.
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