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id: "circleid"
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title: "CircleID"
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# CircleID

An online publishing platform about internet infrastructure, founded by Ali Farshchian and launched on 10 September 2002. Industry professionals and companies contribute blog posts and news on topics such as DNS, domain names, ICANN, new gTLDs, internet governance and cybersecurity. It is owned and operated by Iomemo Technologies, Inc., and its terms of use fall under the laws of British Columbia, Canada.

## related terms

- [ICANN](https://tldlog.com/glossary/icann/)
- [internet governance](https://tldlog.com/glossary/internet-governance/)
- [DNS](https://tldlog.com/glossary/dns/)
- [DNS abuse](https://tldlog.com/glossary/dns-abuse/)
- [new gTLD](https://tldlog.com/glossary/new-gtld/)
- [UDRP](https://tldlog.com/glossary/udrp/)
- [WHOIS](https://tldlog.com/glossary/whois/)