Nominet

Today, the first .cymru and .wales websites will go live when WalesÁ€™ First Minister and the National AssemblyÁ€™s Presiding Officer officially switch over the first tranche of websites to their new internet domains, marking a historic day in WalesÁ€™ digital history.

We are currently emailing registrants of UK domains (.co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, etc.) that have been granted the right to the short .uk equivalent of their current domain under ourá 5-year reservation mechanism.Received an email about your .uk domain?WeÁ€™re emailing to let eligible registrants know that:

Businesses that have already registered their trade marks with ICANNÁ€™s Trademark Clearing House can now apply to secure their new .cymru and .wales domains. This Sunrise phase that starts today prioritises and secures trade mark rights, provided there are no duplications in these applications which would then need to go onto a tie-break and possible auction process.

Nominet is boosting the security of the UK namespace to help protect it from attack and exploitation. As part of this, weÁ€™ll be offering two-factor authentication access to our Online Services (OS) to registrars later on this year. Two-factor authentication is a two-step verification process and provides an extra layer of security to users accessing online systems.

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