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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Rubin,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I read that article with interest as well. While there has not been a lot of community consensus surrounding GDPR, hopefully the ICANN community could unite around the question posed in the article, “who” came up with this non-viable solution - was is it ICANN legal or an external law firm?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think we the community deserve an answer to this fundamental question. Hopefully there is one or more ICANN Board members on this list that could answer this fundamental question.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The next big question, will that person or law firm be held accountable for the “fantasy land” advice (per the article) that was sold to the community, and wasted the little precious time we had to prepare for the GDPR deadline. Sadly I do not think Dan Halloran, ICANN’s Chief Data Protection Officer can be held accountable because it appears that John Jeffery has made sure he has had zero visibility in any of the meetings with the Article 29 WP to date.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While I have been known to file my fair share of DIDP requests with ICANN , anyone interested in filing a joint one to get to the bottom of this latest ICANN GDPR debacle please contact me offlist.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Accred-Model <accred-model-bounces@icann.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rubens Kuhl<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 27, 2018 10:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> accred-model@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Accred-Model] WP29 statement on WHOIS<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>WP29 provided a member of the press a statement putting an end to the moratorium idea:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/27/europe_icann_whois_gdpr/?page=1">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/27/europe_icann_whois_gdpr/?page=1</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But, it doesn't come with a link to a published statement, so my skepticism prevents me from taking it at face value. But the likelihood of it being true is pretty high. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That said, let's gear up to get a layered lawful model off the ground. The sooner, the better. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rubens<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>