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 <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/S5H...> mentions the duplicity of contact roles (admin, tech, billing) and questions the necessity of collecting and sharing redundant information. 2. *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 <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/DZW...>, which includes discussions on billing being related to a processing activity between contracted parties and their customers, with no involvement of ICANN. 3. *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 <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/CDF...> - Another email in 2019 from ICANN org asking the group to address billing contact: Link <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/K5P...> 4. *Allan Woods’ Position (2019):* - Allan Woods argued against including billing contact in the EPDP discussions: Link <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/7S3...> 5. *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 <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/BKT...> - She also mentions a proposed revision of the definition of “Registration Data” to exclude such data. 7. *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 <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/LTB...> 8. *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 <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/VHU...> 9. *Allan Greenberg response:* - Allan Greenberg did not dispute the elimination of billing contact: Link <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/P66...> 10. *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 <https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-epdp-team@icann.org/message/JHP...> I hope this helps. Farzaneh