You may also be interested in the following blog post on this topic: http://blog.icann.org/2014/02/update-on-2013-raa-and-data-retention-waiver-p rocess/. Best regards, Marika From: Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org> Date: Monday 17 March 2014 13:37 To: Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@egyptig.org> Cc: Volker Greimann <vgreimann@key-Systems.net>, Council <council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: Re: [council] DATA RETENTION WAIVER OVH SAS The waiver request and supporting materials can be found here: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/updates/retention/waiver-reques t-ovh-sas-27jan14-en.pdf. Best regards, Marika From: Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@egyptig.org> Date: Monday 17 March 2014 13:31 To: Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org> Cc: Volker Greimann <vgreimann@key-Systems.net>, Council <council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: Re: [council] DATA RETENTION WAIVER OVH SAS Thanks Volker and Marika. I had missed the preliminary notice in January. After a quick Google search, I couldn’t find any links to OVH’s application for a waiver. Is that publicly archived? Thanks again. Amr On Mar 17, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org> wrote:
To add to Volker's response, the process used to request this waiver under the 2013 RAA can be found here: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/updates/retention. Further information about this specific request can also be found here: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jan14-en.htm.
Best regards,
Marika
On 17/03/14 12:03, "Volker Greimann" <vgreimann@key-Systems.net> wrote:
Hi Amr,
nothin has changed. The reason OVH got their waiver because in their application they only asked for what ICANN sees as a "compromise solution" that does not really meet the legal requirements of most European registrars.
Volker
Am 17.03.2014 11:58, schrieb Amr Elsadr:
Hi,
I had meant to send an email about this earlier, but then the U.S. gov decided to steal the spotlight and attention (including mine) from most other issues. I was curious about the process and circumstances regarding this announcement:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-12mar14-en.htm
Last year, the EU's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party sent a letter to ICANN (http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/kohnstamm-to-crocker-chehade -06jun13-en), requesting waivers to EU-based registrars, but ICANN did not seem to respond in agreement in their reply (http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/jeffrey-to-kohnstamm-20sep13 -en).
So what changed? Was the ICANN Procedure For Handling Conflicts with Privacy Law used? Was it something else? I believe this is something worth taking notice of, especially with the ongoing WHOIS activities?
I can¹t seem to find any details? Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks.
Amr