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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear Council
members,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please be advised
that ICANN has received an application for evaluation of new registry services
regarding Whois from Telnic, the operator of the .tel registry which is expected
to launch later in 2007. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On 27 April,
2007, ICANN Services staff received an application from Telnic who requested an
alteration to its contract in order to comply with the UK Data Protection Act
(1998), an implementation of the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). Telnic
has not provided notification of an investigation, litigation, regulatory
proceeding or other compliance action that might affect its compliance with its
agreement with ICANN regarding the collection, display or distribution of
personally identifiable data via Whois. It has carried out informal
consultations with stakeholders and the UK Information Commissioner. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This evaluation
process is completely separate from the </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Draft
ICANN Procedure for Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">
(<A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois_national_laws_procedure.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois_national_laws_procedure.htm</A>)
The draft Procedure was developed by the GNSO Council i</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">n November 2005
and adopted by the ICANN Board in May 2006. The ICANN staff developed an
implementation draft of the procedure and invited public comments (December 2006
– January 2007) on it. The procedure will be finalised pending any input from
the Government Advisory Committee. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Telnic
request is at step 2.4, ‘Preliminary Determination’, of the Registry Services
Request process. (Process diagram here: <A
href="http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/workflow.html">http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/workflow.html</A>,
process policy here; <A
href="http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/rsep.html">http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/rsep.html</A>)
The process has not identified significant security or stability issues or
competition issues that might bar the implementation of the new registry
service. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The next step is
that the service request will be posted for public comments and sent to the
ICANN Board for a decision on implementation. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Registry Services
Evaluation Process: <A
href="http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/">http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Telnic Cover
letter: <A
href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/price-to-pritz-25apr07.pdf">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/price-to-pritz-25apr07.pdf</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Telnic Registry
Request Service: <A
href="http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/telnic-whois-proposal-27apr07.pdf">http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/telnic-whois-proposal-27apr07.pdf</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=406510515-11052007>Best regards, Maria Farrell</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P>
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