Hi all, regarding the issues you requested clarification: Issue #1 is directed at the current discussions in the PPSAI IRT regarding the fee structure proposed by ICANN for such service providers. ICANN currently proposes fees to be charged by ICANN to service providers for the accreditation that are comparable to the annual fees payable by accredited registrars, minus the variable component. As many providers are offering this service for free or nominal fees, any cost increase would significantly impact their ability to contiue to provide the service, more so than any of the formal or practice requirements. Contracted parties have argued that this program providers no actual benefit to the providers and is essentially only an additional set of obligations. Adding additional costs ontop of that may cause unaffiliated providers to attempt to circumvent the policy by various means, rendering the policy useless. It was argued that it is in the best interest of the ICANN community to ensure broad adoption of the program by providers and as its benefits solely the community, it should be the ICANN community, not the service providers that pick up the bill, by means of the ICANN budget. Additionally ICANN has continually claimed that these fees were on a cost recovery basis, yet has failed to provide any itemized details on how that figure has been arrived at, especially considering statements from ICANN compliance that no additional personnel is expected to be needed for this program and statements from ICANN that these costs would remain the same regardless of whether only one or one million providers sought accreditation. Issue #2 revolves around the expectation that GDPR compliance would take care of many of the reasons why registrants opt for privacy services in the first place. This is expected to cause an industry-wide drop in the use of these services as many of its functions would now be available "for free" as the default. Many have questioned the need for the continued existence of such services after May 25. As a result, the recommendation may have outlived its usefulness. I am sure this impact will not be fully visible by the time we finalize our report, but we should be cognisant in it of the ongoing changes and their potential impacts. I hope this helps to understand the background on these issues. As for the new issues, can someone clarify? Best, Volker Am 01.05.2018 um 13:45 schrieb Jean-Baptiste Deroulez:

Dear Rec #10: Privacy-Proxy Services Subgroup members,

Please find below your subgroup open action items identified during the face-to-face meeting #2 in Brussels:

Volker to clarify following issues for RT:

• /Issue #1: Current funding proposals for accreditation program create concerns of ICANN failing the goal of onboarding all providers of such services due to inflation of costs. ICANN Org staff seems to be unable to justify proposed accreditation fees, which may endanger the entire program. /

• /Issue #2: Impact of GDPR data redaction requirements on privacy services are yet unknown, but significant impact is expected as personal data becomes hidden by default without /

Attached to this email, you will find agreements and actions items confirmed in Brussels. Meeting archives can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/kA_8B.

Dedicated subgroup page including background documents, actions items, decisions reached: https://community.icann.org/x/7ZlEB.

Kind regards,

Jean-Baptiste

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