Editing CO.UK (section)

=== Contact Validation Process ===
Nominet validates registrant data at the point of registration, or when the data is changed. An update of the contact will automatically trigger a re-validation.
The verification process by Nominet is described [https://registrars.nominet.uk/uk-namespace/data-quality-policy/how-does-nominet-validate-data/ on their website]
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==== What should be checked prior to creating a contact?====
Formal requirements of valid contact data:<br>
*Registrant name/organization, value has to contain a minimum of 4 characters with at least 3 letters<br>
*Street value must contain non-numerical characters<br>
*City, country and zip code must be given to be validated<br>
*Phone number has to be in the following form +Countrycode.Area code.Subscriber number<br>
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==== Email address has to meet the following requirements: ====
*Must contain an @ character<br>
*At least one character in front of the @ character<br>
*Must end with a valid TLD<br>
*No space/blank at the beginning or end<br>

==== New Validation Workflow ====
If Nominet cannot validate the information, it has to be validated by the reseller. Hexonet creates a corresponding EVENT message in this case:
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Object: "domain:<domainname>.uk"<br>
Event Class/Subclass: "DOMAIN_MODIFICATION MODIFICATION_PENDING"<br>
Event Data: "Please correct or update the data, or send proof of identity to contactdata-validation@1api.net<br>
Subject: [[domainname.uk|http://domainname.uk/]: Confirming validation and document accuracy] Allowed file types: [.pdf, .jpg, .jpeg], not larger than 5MB."<br>
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The registrant may either correct or update the data provided; or send appropriate documentation to allow validation of the data provided.
An update of the contact will automatically trigger a re-validation.
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The client has to send proof of identity. Please make sure that the right recipient and the subject fitting the format below will be used:<br>
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Recipient: '''"contactdata-validation@1api.net"'''<br>
Subject: "<domainname>.uk: Confirming validation and document accuracy"<br>
Allowed file types for attachments are: [.pdf, .jpg, .jpeg], not larger than 5MB.<br>
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==== Failed validations will trigger an event for each domain related to the contact ====
Object: "domain:<domainname>.uk"<br>
Event Class/Subclass: "DOMAIN_MODIFICATION MODIFICATION_PENDING"<br>
Event Data: "Validation failed, please correct or update the data, or send proof of identity to contactdata-validation@1api.net<br>
Subject: [[domainname.uk|http://domainname.uk/]: Confirming validation and document accuracy] Allowed file types: [.pdf, .jpg, .jpeg], not larger than 5MB."<br>
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The registrant has to provide appropriate proof of identity, e.g. driving license, passport, national ID card (for non-UK citizens), national insurance card (for UK citizens), official company letterhead, company stamp.
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The email will be processed by Hexonet and the contact will be validated automatically. Successful validations will trigger an event for each domain related to the contact:<br>
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Object: "domain:<domainname>.uk"<br>
Event Class/Subclass: "DOMAIN_MODIFICATION MODIFICATION_SUCCESSFUL"<br>
Event Data: "registrant contact validation successful"<br>
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==== Domain suspension after validation failed: ====

If neither the contact is updated nor validated, a data quality lock will be applied after 29 days. Related domains will receive the property '''X-NOMINET-DATA-QUALITY-LOCK=1'''.
This will suspend the domain name and it will stop resolving.