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  • I am looking for a domain name registrant. Where can I look it up?

    The Whois is an easy-to-use tool for checking the availability of a .nl domain name. If the domain name is already taken, you can see who has registered it.

    On the page looking up a domain name you will find more information about what a domain name is, how the Whois works and how the privacy of personal data is protected. Alternatively, you can go straight to look for a domain name via the Whois.

  • I would like to transfer my domain name to another registrar. What is the procedure?

    To get your domain name transferred, you need the token (unique ID number) for your domain name. Your existing registrar has the token and is obliged to give it to you within five days, if you ask for it. The procedure for changing your registrar is described on the page transferring your domain name.

  • The details registered about me/my company are incorrect or out of date. How can I get them updated?

    To update the contact details associated with your domain name, you need to contact your registrar. Read more about updating contact details.

  • Why is my domain name in quarantine?

    When a domain name is cancelled, we aren't told the reason, so we can't tell you. You'll need to ask your registrar. The advantage of quarantine is that, if a name's cancelled by mistake, you can always get it back.

    One common reason is that the contract between you and your registrar says you've got to renew the registration every year. If you haven't set up automatic renewal and you don't renew manually, the registration will expire.

  • Ik heb een klacht over mijn provider/registrar. Kan ik daarvoor bij SIDN terecht?

    Wanneer je een klacht hebt over of een geschil met je registrar dan zijn er verschillende mogelijkheden om tot een oplossing te komen. Hierover lees je meer op pagina klacht over registrar. SIDN heeft geen formele klachtenprocedure voor het behandelen van een klacht over jouw registrar.

  • What conditions do I have to meet as a registrar?

    Would you like to be able to register domain names for customers or for your own organisation by dealing directly with SIDN? If so, you can become a .nl registrar. Read more about the conditions and how to apply for registrar status on the page becoming a registrar.

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What are talkative, smart devices secretly saying about you?

Don't miss IDnext - registrations are now open

  • Friday 21 June 2019

IDnext 2019 is scheduled for 25 and 26 September, at New Babylon in The Hague. And the full programme is now confirmed. Read on for details.

Register for IDnext 2019 IDnext and SIDN intensify collaboration

Are your devices talking behind your back?

Want to know who your smart devices are secretly talking to? You're not alone! As the Internet of Things takes off, more and more internet-enabled gadgets and appliances are communicating with external systems on the internet. SIDN Labs has therefore set up a project called SPIN (Security and Privacy for In-Home Networks) to look at ways of letting users see and control what's happening on their home networks. In this session, Jelte Jansen of SIDN Labs will give a live demo showing how easy it is to profile a user from the information sent to back to base by smart devices. He'll also discuss the problems created by talkative IoT devices and ways of minimising them.

eCitizen

InnoValor's Bob Hulsebosch and Jeroen Rathe from the European Commission get to grips with the question of whose job it is to ensure that every citizen has a digital identity. Many European solutions envisage a central role for the government in the management and provision of public digital identities. However, some decision-makers would prefer to leave the task to the market. Regardless of who delivers, what citizens want most is convenience. How can governments meet that demand without compromising security?

Private Eye

Regulating privacy is far from easy. In seeking to do that, the GDPR seems to raise more questions than it answers. And perceptions of what constitutes personal data vary considerably. The session led by Arnold Roosendaal from the Privacy Company will explore questions such as when does security become mass surveillance, and when is a profile the same as an identity? Is data collection and storage always a bad thing? Where are the boundaries? And how should the costs and benefits of privacy protection be allocated?

Register now!

The conference will be an unmissable gathering for all public and private-sector experts and professionals with an interest in digital identification. Internet security, mobility, standards, privacy and other topical issues will be thoroughly explored in presentations and workshops. Details of the event programme are available from the IDnext website. Readers of SIDN News can get a 40 per cent discount on the event registration fee. Use this registration form link, and the discount will be applied automatically.