Dear WG members,

Please find below the proposed agenda for the WG meeting on Tuesday 4 March at 1500 UTC:

Roll call/SOI updates (3 mins)
Presentations on P/P services and different business models (30 mins)
Last call for finalization of template on Category B Question 1 (7 mins)
Continuation of discussion of template on Category B Question 2 (15 mins)
Planning for Singapore (5 mins)

In addition, attached please find the results of the sampling of current privacy & proxy terms and conditions from providers affiliated with registrars under the 2013 RAA,. You will recall that the WG requested that this data be gathered. Of 20 registrars currently contracted under the 2013 RAA, we obtained responses from 6 affiliated providers – their responses are shown in the attached spreadsheet. Some findings that WG members may find useful include:

There seems to be confusion over the meaning of proxy vs. privacy; in many of the terms & conditions some services are called 'privacy' services, but if you read the actual terms and conditions, they describe a proxy service (per the 2013 RAA definition);
Two of the services limit the eligibility for the service (one limits it to non-commercial domain names, but no further information is provided on how that is assessed, while the other one excludes digital brand services customers);
Only one service seems to notify the customer 24 hours in advance before contact data is revealed

Although the WG is not slated to review the attached data till next week, the Chairs thought it would be useful to provide you with the data now, especially as it may provide some context for agenda item #2 tomorrow, which will see presentations from two registrars on privacy and proxy services.

Thanks and cheers

Mary

Mary Wong

Senior Policy Director

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)

Telephone: +1 603 574 4892

Email: mary.wong@icann.org

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