On 19 September 2024, the GNSO Council agreed to form a drafting team to review threshold questions to ICANN org and the ICANN Community with the goal of making progress on the topic of registration data accuracy.

On 17 October 2024, the GNSO Council agreed to send the threshold questions, with amendments from the drafting team, first to ICANN org and then to the ICANN Community.

On 10 December 2024, ICANN org provided a response to the GNSO Council’s questions related to upcoming legislation and the potential impact on policy development.

On 14 February 2024, the extended due date, the GNSO Council received responses from the following eight (8) ICANN groups: At-Large Advisory Constituency, Business Constituency, Governmental Advisory Committee, Intellectual Property Constituency, Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency, Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group, Registrar Stakeholder Group, and Registry Stakeholder Group. 

On 12 March 2025, the GNSO Council agreed to task a dedicated small team on registration data accuracy to review (i) the responses from ICANN org and the aforementioned ICANN groups on the Council’s threshold questions and (ii) other relevant sources, and provide recommendations to the GNSO Council on how to proceed. 

On 28 April 2025, the GNSO Council approved the assignment form for the Council Accuracy Small Team by non-objection.

On 15 May 2025, the Council Accuracy Small Team began meeting and decided to focus on the areas of alignment within the responses received, which resulted in the creation of four (4) recommendations.

On 10 July 2025, the Council Accuracy Small Team presented its four (4) recommendations to the GNSO Council.

The GNSO Council approves the four (4) recommendations in the Council Accuracy Small Team’s Summary Report. 

The GNSO Council would like to thank the groups who provided feedback to the Council’s threshold questions and would also like to thank the leadership and members of the Council Accuracy Small Team for their commitment and hard work in completing the Summary Report on Registration Data Accuracy.