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If so, and german data protection laws apply, why isn't the TLD .de?

• pluma 10y ago
  Because TLDs mean nothing? You don't see every US service use .us either. Plus .org has certain connotations (at least in Germany): non-commercial, activism, open source, etc. It's a bit ingenious considering this is a paid service, but they were probably proud they were able to get such a premium domain name. Also, at least to Germans .de generally implies it's primarily German language and/or limited to a German (speaking) audience.
  • noinsight 10y ago
    Actually, your choice of TLD has a huge impact on jurisdiction. The USoA asserts super-jurisdiction [1] over .com/.net/.org and will seize such domains at will [2], and therefore personally I will never use those TLD's as a non-US citizen. What legal recourse do non-Americans have in such a situation? They would probably have to fight it through US courts which significantly raises the bar for non-American entities. Another thing to consider is DNSSEC when it comes to TLD's. Domain records are signed top-down. The ccTLD's fall under the jurisdiction of their respective countries. I don't even know under what jurisdiction the other/new TLD's fall under, it's probably based on where the owning company is headquartered? [1] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/06/1720230/us-asserts-super-jurisdiction-over-dot-com-dot-net-and-dot-org-domains https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/06/1720230/us-asserts-s... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name#Seizures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name#Seizures
    • gurubert 10y ago
      You can use your own domain with mailbox.org and not be affected by any .org issues you may think exist.
• aibottle 10y ago
  What kind of argument is that? The TLD has nothing to do with privacy laws.