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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><b>January 28, 2018</b><o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Dear Goran: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">The Business Constituency (BC) and Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) respectfully request that ICANN Org extend the community input period on the ICANN-Proposed GDPR Compliance Models,
which is currently set to close on January 29, 2018. We request an additional two weeks, with a new comment deadline of February 12, 2018, to provide additional opportunity for the community to provide input and to bring the public comment period into conformity
with the standard 40-day comment period that ICANN generally employs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">This complex issue requires careful, dutiful consideration by all affected community members and stakeholders, including global business owners that expect to see significant impact from the
adoption of an interim GDPR compliance model in terms of the accessibility of WHOIS data. In addition, we received confirmation on January 24, 2018 from you and John Jeffrey that we could use this comment period to provide input relating to the five community-proposed
models, in addition to the three ICANN-proposed models, which was not made clear in the original call for community input issued on January 12, 2018. As a result, we believe additional time is warranted and necessary to integrate our thoughts about all eight
models and ensure our input is as comprehensive and useful as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">We note from your blog published on January 25, 2018 that you acknowledge the need to provide for further opportunities to solicit community understanding and feedback, and we welcome the opportunity
to participate in the webinar scheduled for February 2, 2018 to solicit additional community views on this topic.
<span style="color:#1F497D">(</span></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/data-protection-privacy-update-status-of-model-selection-and-webinar"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/data-protection-privacy-update-status-of-model-selection-and-webinar</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">)
We would respectfully point out that the public comment opportunity should extend past the date of the scheduled webinar for community input, and that ICANN should further extend their consideration period to late<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Thank you for your quick acknowledgement and consideration of this request.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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