Dear WG members,

As requested during the WG call earlier today, here is the relevant language in the Final Report recommendations which contains express references to the IRTP-C.

The first reference appears in the WG’s recommendation that P/P providers publish as part of their Terms of Service certain information regarding Publication of a customer’s contact information. Among other things, a provider must also include:
"The specific grounds upon which a customer’s details may be Disclosed or Published or service suspended or terminated, including Publication in the event of a customer’s initiation of a transfer of the underlying domain name . In making this recommendation, the WG noted the changes to be introduced to the Inter Registrar Transfer Policy (“IRTP”) in 2016. These changes mean that disabling proxy services would result in the underlying customer becoming the registrant of record , as Section C.1.2 of the IRTP requires a registrar to impose a 60-day inter-registrar transfer lock following a Change of Registrant."


Given the recent discussions on the mailing list and the call today, the WG may wish to consider rewording the above to say, for instance:

"The specific grounds upon which a customer’s details may be Disclosed or Published or service suspended or terminated, including Publication in the event of a customer’s initiation of a transfer of the underlying domain name . In making this recommendation, the WG noted the changes to be introduced to the Inter Registrar Transfer Policy (“IRTP”) in 2016 . These changes mean that , where following a Change of Registrant, disabling proxy services would result in the underlying customer becoming the registrant of record , as Section C.1.2 of the IRTP requires a registrar is required to impose a 60-day inter-registrar transfer lock following a Change of Registrant."


(NOTE: The footnote explaining what a Change of Registrant means (i.e. a non-typographical, change to either the registrant name, organization or email address) will be retained. However, specific references as to the extent of discretion in determining, how a Material Change resulting in a Change of Registrant is determined, and a general conclusion equating every disabling of P/P services to a Change of Registrant will be omitted.)


The second reference is in the de-accreditation section. If the above suggested edit is acceptable to the WG, there doesn’t seem to be a reason to change the current language, which reads:

"In addition to the three [de-accreditation] principles outlined above, the WG recommends specifically that, where a Change of Registrant (as defined under the IRTP) takes place during the process of de-accreditation of a proxy service provider, a registrar should lift the mandatory 60-day lock at the express request of the beneficial user, provided the registrar has also been notified of the de-accreditation of the proxy service provider.”

We hope this is helpful. 

Thanks and cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4889
Email: mary.wong@icann.org