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Registration Directory Service (RDS-WHOIS2) Review Team Final Report Published For Public Comment
by Jean-Baptiste Deroulez Oct. 9, 2019

Oct. 9, 2019

Dear review team members, This is to inform you that the RDS-WHOIS2 Final Report and Recommendations were submitted for public comment yesterday. Per the ICANN Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article4.6>, each final report of a review team shall be published for Public Comment in advance of the Board's consideration. The Public Comment process on the Final Report is expected to close on 25 November 2019. Please find below the: * Announcement: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-10-08-en * RDS-WHOIS2 Final Report and Recommendations public comment page: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rds-whois2-rt-final-report-2019-10-08… Best wishes, Jean-Baptiste

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Re: [RDS-WHOIS2-RT] Final Report
by Jean-Baptiste Deroulez Sept. 4, 2019

Sept. 4, 2019

Dear review team members, This is to inform you that the RDS-WHOIS2 Final Report and Recommendations were submitted last Monday to the ICANN Board of Directors. As per the specific review process, ICANN Board will then direct ICANN org to publish the Final Report and Recommendations for public comment. Congratulations for completing this important milestone and for all your hard work during these past twenty six months. Best wishes, Jean-Baptiste From: RDS-WHOIS2-RT <rds-whois2-rt-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> Date: Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 1:15 AM To: RDS-WHOIS2-RT <rds-whois2-rt(a)icann.org> Subject: [RDS-WHOIS2-RT] Final Report Attached please find the final report, subject only to MSSI staff final insertion of the publication date (on cover and in footer) and final pagination and ToC if needed. Final Report: Final Report_v1.7-clean in both DOCX and PDF formats. Redline since the last version published to the list (Final Report_v1.3-2019_03_04_jbd-ag_v02.doc on 4 March 2019): Final Report_v1.7-Editting_Changes in both DOCX and PDF formats. The changes are largely: - Clarifications - Typos and grammar - Replacement text where the existing text promised further work by the RT I do not believe that any of these should be controversial. I note that there had been a change proposed by Cathrin in regard to the Boards reaction to the CCT RT report. If we had incorporated that or some version of it, it would have required a formal decision of the RT to update the report. It was not clear that this could be done quickly or perhaps at all (given out desire for unanimity that we otherwise have) and I did not feel that it was warranted at this late date. Sorry for this taking so long. Once the momentum was lost during and after the March ICANN meeting (and I was largely off line for a month after), it was difficult to find the time (and energy!) to get back to this. Thanks to all for the work that went into this review and report. Alan

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Final Report
by Alan Greenberg Aug. 6, 2019

Aug. 6, 2019

Attached please find the final report, subject only to MSSI staff final insertion of the publication date (on cover and in footer) and final pagination and ToC if needed. Final Report: Final Report_v1.7-clean in both DOCX and PDF formats. Redline since the last version published to the list (Final Report_v1.3-2019_03_04_jbd-ag_v02.doc on 4 March 2019): Final Report_v1.7-Editting_Changes in both DOCX and PDF formats. The changes are largely: - Clarifications - Typos and grammar - Replacement text where the existing text promised further work by the RT I do not believe that any of these should be controversial. I note that there had been a change proposed by Cathrin in regard to the Boards reaction to the CCT RT report. If we had incorporated that or some version of it, it would have required a formal decision of the RT to update the report. It was not clear that this could be done quickly or perhaps at all (given out desire for unanimity that we otherwise have) and I did not feel that it was warranted at this late date. Sorry for this taking so long. Once the momentum was lost during and after the March ICANN meeting (and I was largely off line for a month after), it was difficult to find the time (and energy!) to get back to this. Thanks to all for the work that went into this review and report. Alan

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Letter to CCT review chair
by Chris Disspain March 14, 2019

March 14, 2019

All, FYI please see this letter on the CCT Review. https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/chalaby-to-zuck-14mar1… The letter has been published on the correspondence page. Cheers, CD

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Canceled: RDS-WHOIS2 RT Engagement Session at ICANN64
by MSSI Secretariat March 11, 2019

March 11, 2019

This meeting is being cancelled. Engagement Session with the RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team<https://64.schedule.icann.org/meetings/962070> (click link for meeting description on ICANN64 Schedule) Adobe Connect link: https://participate.icann.org/kix64-emerald Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2019 Time: 9:00-10:15 AM/local Kobe time Location: Emerald - see venue map here<https://64.schedule.icann.org/floor_maps/3664/shapes/42152> RDS-WHOIS2 Engagement Session wiki page here<https://community.icann.org/x/-QNIBg>

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RDS-WHOIS2 RT Engagement Session at ICANN64
by Jean-Baptiste Deroulez March 11, 2019

March 11, 2019

Dear review team members, This is to kindly let you know that the RDS-WHOIS2 RT Engagement Session scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled at the request of the review team leadership. You will shortly receive an outlook meeting cancellation notice. Apologies for the inconvenience caused. Kind regards, Jean-Baptiste

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Status update
by Alan Greenberg March 10, 2019

March 10, 2019

We have full consensus on all recommendations. Stephanie is also submitting a statement which will be included in the report. We are just waiting for final edits to be done by Jean-Baptiste and we are ready to publish. Thanks to all for getting us to this stage. Alan

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statement from Perrin
by Stephanie Perrin March 10, 2019

March 10, 2019

My apologies for the delay in sending this, my laptop died and I had a hard time finding a plug to recharge. I will not disrupt consensus on the recommendations, given that Alan has agreed to remove the offending section on accuracy requirements of the GDPR. Here is my statement, on behalf of the NCSG. Kind regards Stephanie Perrin

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Revised Doc
by Alan Greenberg March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019

Here is the revised report incorporating what I considered to be the non-controversial (and often very helpful) revisions that Stephanie provided. Alan

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Late markup
by Stephanie Perrin March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019

Attached is my markup of the document. Overall, this document is impressive in its scope and research. Basically, I think many of our recommendations are sensible. However, the bias towards disclosure of information, the negative attitude towards the GDPR (which my SG applauds as exemplary effort to protect privacy and human rights), and the absence of any explicit recognition of the fact that our WHOIS practices already violated data protection law during the time of the past review are discouraging. Not to mention the fact that the birth of ICANN coincided with the coming into force of the EU directive, and we have had plenty of advice from the DPAs over the past 19 years telling us how to fix it. The push to continue doing what we have done since ICANN was born, regardless of changing risks, improvements in data protection, and the existence of many other ways to achieve the security and stability of the Internet, is discouraging. I realize we had to review the recommendations of the previous Review team. We live in different times, however, and the evidence of that impacting our review is not there. Given how many issues I have reservations about, I would like to make a statement, but I am not quite sure where it belongs. I do not want to resist consensus, but I do want to register some frustration with this process and final result. I do appreciate that I am a minority view and that you have tolerated my raising my comments and objections throughout the process. Stephanie Perrin Chair, NCSG

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