Hello All,

I was reviewing my notes from yesterday’s meeting as well as reviewing some of the previous email list exchanges between and I was hoping that my Registrar colleagues could provide a little clarity, especially Volker given his participation in the 2013 RAA negotiations.

I believe what I have heard and read from my Registrar colleagues is that there is no “identity proofing” requirements in their contracts – accuracy is merely syntactical and operational. I apologizes in advance if I am mischaracterizing this and welcome any corrections. However, in Assignment #1, the follow excerpt from ICANN Organization Enforcement of Registration Data Accuracy Obligations Before and After GDPR states:

[I]f the complaint is about identity (e.g., the registrant is not who they say they are), Contractual Compliance may ask the registrar to provide further information concerning their findings and the results of their investigation specific to the facts of the complaint.

So it appears based on this excerpt that ICANN Contractual Compliance does reserve some right to inquiry about the “identity” of the Registrant. Therefore, I believe potential clarifying questions to ICANN Org could might include: does ICANN Compliance believe that it has the ability to inquiry about the “identity” of a registrant? If so, what is the contractual basis of this authority. Finally, what are the numbers associated with these types of inquiries, e.g. percentage of overall accuracy complaints and raw numbers.

Thoughts? Comments?

Best regards,

Michael