French NIC Warns Against Slamming
According to an article published by Circle ID, notes Afnic, there has been a significant increase in the number of cases of slamming since the beginning of this year.
Consequently the french domain registrar, Afnic, has issued a guide to fight against these practices. AFNIC defines “slamming” as “a variety of illicit practices … based on deception and … aimed at getting owners of domain names or brands to subscribe to unsolicited services related with their presence on the Internet” such as false renewal invoice, false register, or even psychological pressure. Just to give you an update, Afnic mid this year liberalized .fr allowing individuals from France to register domain names. Therefore Afnic limited private registrations by asking registrants for a siren number only issued to companies residence in France.