Hi Anne, Yes, you are correct – the billing contact discussion is directly linked to the Registration Data Policy<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registration-data-policy-2024-02-21-en...>. The Registration Data Policy<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registration-data-policy-2024-02-21-en...> was published in February 2024 and goes into effect on 21 August 2025. Following the publication of the Registration Data Policy, as Contracted Parties began updating their systems, a question arose about billing contact (specifically the collection and transfer of billing contact info to the registrar data escrow agent). I hope that answers your question, but please let me know if you have any additional questions. Kind regards, Caitlin From: Anne ICANN via council <council@icann.org> Reply-To: Anne ICANN <anneicanngnso@gmail.com> Date: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM To: farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii@gmail.com> Cc: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Re: Preliminary research on EPDP discussion on billing contact Thank you, Farzi. Question for staff: Is this policy for Registration Data relevant to the Billing Inquiry? Item 4 in the document says the policy becomes effective August 21 of 2025. tps://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registration-data-policy-2024-02-21-en#policy-effective-date<http://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registration-data-policy-2024-02-21-en#...> Anne Anne Aikman-Scalese GNSO Councilor NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2026 anneicanngnso@gmail.com<mailto:anneicanngnso@gmail.com> On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM farzaneh badii via council <council@icann.org<mailto:council@icann.org>> wrote: Hi all, Hope you are enjoying the opening ceremony. As promised I did some research on how and where billing contact was mentioned and discussed and so far have found the following: Preliminary Research Background on Billing Contact at EPDP: 1. August 2018 – Initial Mentions of Billing Contact: * Billing contact was first mentioned during EPDP calls. * Registrars discussed the utility of Admin/Tech contacts and their overlap with billing contacts. * A message from this period: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> mentions the duplicity of contact roles (admin, tech, billing) and questions the necessity of collecting and sharing redundant information. 1. November 2018 – EPDP Team Meeting #26: * A discussion on excluding billing contact, particularly in the context of ICANN’s involvement: * A message from this meeting: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...>, which includes discussions on billing being related to a processing activity between contracted parties and their customers, with no involvement of ICANN. 1. January 2019 – Discussion on Deletion of RDS Elements: * ICANN org sought input on deleting Administrative and Billing Contact information (note: billing contact data is not published). * Relevant email: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> * Another email in 2019 from ICANN org asking the group to address billing contact: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> 1. Allan Woods’ Position (2019): * Allan Woods argued against including billing contact in the EPDP discussions: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> 1. Kristina Rosette (2019) – Discussion on Billing Contact and Registration Data: 6. * Kristina Rosette argues that billing data should not be considered as part of registration data due to its vague connection with the domain registration process: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> * She also mentions a proposed revision of the definition of “Registration Data” to exclude such data. 1. Sarah Wylde (2019) – Support for Allan Woods’ Argument: * Sarah Wylde supports Allan Woods’ position and argues that billing is not a data collection purpose for ICANN: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> 1. Trang’s Query on Recommendation 11 and RAA: * Trang raised a question on whether the current text of Recommendation 11 would replace RAA Section 3.4 regarding billing contact: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> 1. Allan Greenberg response: * Allan Greenberg did not dispute the elimination of billing contact: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> 1. Small Team B Discussion in 2019: * Billing contact was briefly discussed by Small Team B, noting that it is not considered within the scope of processing data for ICANN purposes: Link [lists.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp...> I hope this helps. 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