<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>All EU ccTLDs have changed procedures to deal with GDPR, so none of them are DPA-tested or courts-tested. Rules vary a lot among them, including .is (Iceland) which still publishes registrant e-mail addresses. Some might be doing it based on local law (Denmark comes to mind, as can be seen in <a href="https://www.dk-hostmaster.dk/en/anonymity" class="">https://www.dk-hostmaster.dk/en/anonymity</a> ) or a consultation with local DPA, and some might be simply wrong. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But reading the correspondence from Article 29 / EDPB, I don't see such a declaratory model flying by them. Since we are talking EU, different from ccTLDs we have to either follow the common denominator, or have a per-jurisdiction procedure. We can't take Denmark anonymity ban, for instance, and apply to all EU... </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 1 Aug 2018, at 17:29, <<a href="mailto:trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com" class="">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com" class="">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Brian,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">What about Denic’s process which uses a form and requires the requestor to confirm that “The applicant needs the data because the applicant owns an absolute right (for instance to a name or trademark) that the applicant believes may be violated by the domain.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.denic.de_en_service_whois-2Dservice_third-2Dparty-2Drequests-2Dfor-2Dholder-2Ddata_&d=DwMGaQ&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=YMrJoq_XrV38eL9v9Wsy5w&m=KhMG-ZkDfCZzR8hX3STDc1oJUftrw6NfB9HSH9Gm1NA&s=Utnj9xd4HxD2D7BFBzB-eszR0qvgDkRjiwX14QlRbiI&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.denic.de/en/service/whois-service/third-party-requests-for-holder-data/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.denic.de_fileadmin_public_downloads_Domaindatenanfrage_Antrag-5FDomaindaten-5FRechteinhaber-5FEN.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=YMrJoq_XrV38eL9v9Wsy5w&m=KhMG-ZkDfCZzR8hX3STDc1oJUftrw6NfB9HSH9Gm1NA&s=TYq0lEyijU_4wsZCDcuFcspXwDOjlZNwh25hDKPNVnE&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.denic.de/fileadmin/public/downloads/Domaindatenanfrage/Antrag_Domaindaten_Rechteinhaber_EN.pdf</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Denic is in the EU but has automated this process and is relying on representations of the requestor so seems like others could as well.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 89);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 89);" class="">Marc H. 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text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 89);" class="">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.gtlaw.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 89);" class="">www.gtlaw.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span id="cid:image001.jpg@01D429AC.7A6C0400"><image001.jpg></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Accred-Model [<a href="mailto:accred-model-bounces@icann.org" class="">mailto:accred-model-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>BECKHAM, Brian<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, July 27, 2018 5:01 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Rubens Kuhl; <a href="mailto:accred-model@icann.org" class="">accred-model@icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:gdpr@icann.org" class="">gdpr@icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Accred-Model] Codes of conduct<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Hi Rubens,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">As far as standardized processes go, are you aware of any public examples that folks could look at?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">I am aware e.g., of the Nominet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__s3-2Deu-2Dwest-2D1.amazonaws.com_nominet-2Dprod_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2018_05_22101442_Data-2Drequest-2Dform.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=g6FjzWC-u1vOU3pAGTTIGy0H4_5rnp7KImSmbP_ueiE&s=wb_FiM0yr8Xcc1_V8_4s2P_7539Mq0Sp6mmyNpsZ9Ug&e=" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Data Release Request</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>which asks requestors to “explain who you are and the reason that you are requesting the non-public data”.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Similarly, the EURid<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eurid.eu_d_1236566_request-5Fform-5Fdisclosure-5Fpersonal-5Fdata-5Fen.docx&d=DwMGaQ&c=2s2mvbfY0UoSKkl6_Ol9wg&r=L7MB7eHT-UoCXD4iA3c7Sm3JrKXt7T1dG3NjBzCxm1c&m=g6FjzWC-u1vOU3pAGTTIGy0H4_5rnp7KImSmbP_ueiE&s=tebTCHmvPltfCHPuLljtHblqNv4eQ7UkuoI4lKDMJmk&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Personal Data Disclosure Form</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>requires requestors to describe “your legitimate interest regarding the disclosure of personal data; [and] how you intend to use the requested data”.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">These examples, as well as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">v1.7 of the model being discussed on this list,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">go beyond the “Trust me I'm a lawyer” mischaracterization.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Arguably going significantly beyond what these European ccTLDs require, version 1.7 of the A&A Model (at page 4) states inter alia that requestors should have “a specific and delineated purpose for their access to and use of non-public data” and moreover that they should certify “that access to and use of non-public data is for a legitimate and lawful purpose and limited to the purpose for which it is sought.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">If there are other standardized models you (or others) are aware of, it would be helpful if you could share those to see if a set of best practices/request elements could be pulled together.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks, and best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Brian<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Accred-Model [<a href="mailto:accred-model-bounces@icann.org" class="">mailto:accred-model-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Rubens Kuhl<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, July 25, 2018 11:03 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:accred-model@icann.org" class="">accred-model@icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:gdpr@icann.org" class="">gdpr@icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Accred-Model] Codes of conduct<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On 25 Jul 2018, at 17:50, Cyntia King <<a href="mailto:cking@modernip.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">cking@modernip.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">Agreed that the GDPR should empower Data Subjects to have more control over their PII.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">However, this isn’t the only consideration:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class="">The GDPR also states: “The right to the protection of personal data is not an absolute right; it must be considered in relation to its function in society and be balanced against other fundamental rights, in accordance with the principle of proportionality.” (Recital 4)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ol><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">I think Rod’s suggestions are a good faith effort to achieve that proportionality.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><ol start="2" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;" class="">In meetings w/ the European Commission (28-May-18), the commission said they shared the concerns of trademark rights advocates that there be standardized & predictable access to necessary WHOIS information.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">I believe the Commission is aware that an ad hoc system of response is not only chaotic, but potentially unsafe.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class="">A consistent & reliable system that balances the privacy rights of certain individuals against the threat of harm to (potentially countless) others, will be a difficult - but not impossible - balancing act.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">A system that grants more access than a situation allows under GDPR is also problematic. So when going from ad hoc to standardised, the standard can't have less information than would be required in ad hoc mode, specially information specific to that request, like a power-of-attorney from an specific brand holder. Simply saying "Trust me I'm a lawyer" doesn't cut it.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Rubens<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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