Web Access breaches transfers policy

Melbourne, 30 July 2003 - auDA has found that Web Access, a reseller of
Enetica, has breached the Transfers (Change of Registrar of Record)
Policy.

During June and July 2003, Web Access initiated over 500 transfers from
Melbourne IT to Enetica without obtaining a written request or
authorisation from the registrants.

auDA received complaints from registrants who were unaware that their
domain names had been transferred. auDA found that the registrants did
not receive notice of the transfer pursuant to the policy, because Web
Access had entered its own contact email address in the registry
database instead of the registrant's email address. 

"This incident serves as a warning to resellers who want to "bulk
transfer" their customers from one registrar to another, that they must
comply with the requirements of auDA's transfers policy," said Chris
Disspain, auDA CEO.

"The policy safeguards the right of registrants to make an informed
choice to transfer their domain name to another registrar, even where
their domain name is managed by a reseller." 

auDA has instructed AusRegistry to transfer the domain names back to the
original registrar of record.

-ENDS-

For media contact:

auDA:
Chris Disspain
Chief Executive Officer
tel: 03 9349 4711
email: ceo§auda.org.au