Dear all, The Board of Directors of ICANN voted to reaffirm the "Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...> ." The full text of the Board's resolution is available here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...>. The Temporary Specification was originally approved<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_anno...> by the Board on 17 May 2018 and reaffirmed on 21 August 2018, in order to establish temporary requirements for how ICANN and its contracted parties will comply with existing ICANN contractual requirements and community-developed policies in relation to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Under the procedures for adopting Temporary Policies outlined in the Registry Agreement <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...> and Registrar Accreditation Agreement<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...>, the Board must reaffirm the adoption every 90 days, and may continue to do so for no more than a year. For more information and to follow the latest updates, please visit the dedicated Data Protection/Privacy issues page<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_dataprote...>. Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org