By Beth Bacon, Director of Policy and Privacy, Public Interest Registry(This article was originally published on Social Fish) If you’ve been keeping up with the news over the past several months, then you’ve likely heard about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a data privacy regulation coming out of the European Union that goes into effect […]
By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry When natural disasters strike our neighboring countries, it’s of no surprise that we rally together to do what we can to assist them with rebuilding. From hurricanes and tsunamis to volcanic eruptions and tornadoes, opening our hearts to those in need comes naturally for most […]
By Sherry Hildebrand and Justin Mack at MarkMonitor U.S. Congress designated the month of June as the National Internet Safety Month and so there’s no better time to discuss how to keep organizations safe and secure online. To help raise internet security awareness, Public Interest Registry asked our team at MarkMonitor, one of the most experienced […]
By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry As the operator of the .org domain, it’s our job to not only provide a trusted platform for mission-driven organizations, but also to help people around the globe better understand and leverage the power of the internet. To help us educate internet users everywhere, we […]
By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry In the second installment of the Domain Lingo 101 blog series we will cover the key players in the domain marketplace and the larger internet governance community. From domain registrars to web hosting services, we’ll provide clarity and context behind the people and organizations that […]
By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry When it comes to the ins and outs of the internet, things can get technical quickly. Hopefully you’ve built up a foundational understanding of the domain industry through the first two posts of this series. In Domain Lingo 101: Let’s Start With The Basics, we learned […]
By Jim LeFevre, Senior Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry If you’ve been keeping up with our Domain Industry blog series, you should be familiar with key industry concepts and lingo. The first part of the series “Domain Lingo 101: Who’s Who in the Industry?”, introduced us to registrars as a key group of organizations that play […]
Written by Paul Diaz, VP of Policy, Public Interest Registry Using social media as your primary online resource can be appealing for NGOs – accounts are easy to obtain and usually free. Compared to building a website, the initial steps to establish a web presence through social media channels are simple and require less expertise. […]