Domain Registry of America
- Domain Registry of America
Infobox Company
name = Domain Registry of America
type = Private
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foundation = 2001
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location_city = Markham, Ontario
location_country = Canada
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products = Domain name registry
Web hosting
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homepage = [http://www.droa.com www.droa.com]
footnotes = [cite news |author=Stephen Lawson |title=Judge Halts Domain Deception |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,108315-page,1/article.html |work=PC World |date=December 31 2002 |accessdate=2008-05-24] [ [http://www.droa.com/help.asp About Us] . Domain Registry of America. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.] ]
intl = The Domain Registry of America is an Internet domain registrar based in the Canadian province of Ontario best known for sending solicitations for business that resemble legitimate invoices.
In 2003, the Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with the company for practices such as transferring domain registrations to their service under the guise of domain renewal, and having hidden fees. Despite this action, the company still sends mass direct mail to consumers resembling invoices with "domain name expiration notice" in bold print. Targets for the company's mass mailings are known to be in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States with information obtained in violation of their ICANN registrar agreement.
References
* [http://www.ftc.gov/os/2003/12/031219stipdomainreg.pdf Federal Trade Commission v. Domain Registry of America, Inc.]
* [http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/12/domainreg.shtm Federal Trade Commission: Court Bars Canadian Company from Misleading Consumers in Marketing of Internet Domain Name Services]
* [http://www.ucan.org/blog/blog/scam_alert/domain_registry_of_america_scam#comment-9422 Utility Consumers' Action Network: Domain Registry of America scam]
* [http://www.designertoday.com/News/5097/Domain.Registry.of.America.Scamming.Non.Profits.and.Charities.aspx Designer Today: Domain Registry of America Scamming Non-Profits and Charities ]
* [http://support.tigertech.net/droa Tiger Technologies: "Domain Registry of America" Notices]
* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/06/court_bars_canadian_domain_slammer/ The Register: Court bars Canadian domain slammer]
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