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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-05feb14-en.htm">https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-05feb14-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHOIS Privacy Proxy Services Questionnaire (Available Until 28 February 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date-display-single><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5 February 2014</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) is seeking information from Privacy and Proxy (P/P) Service Providers on existing practices to inform its deliberations as it develops recommendations on best practices for the proposed Next Generation Registration Directory Service (RDS) to replace today's Whois system. The Questionnaire will be used to understand current P/P Provider practices and will be made available until 28 February 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Questionnaire attributes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Questionnaire Availability Date: 31 January 2014<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Questionnaire Address: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Privacy_and_Proxy_Services_Survey">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Privacy_and_Proxy_Services_Survey</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Questionnaire Close Date: <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>28 February 2014, 23:59 UTC</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Questionnaire Language: English only<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All questions can be downloaded in </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/45744698/PP_EWG_Survey.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1391125472409&api=v2"><span lang=EN-US>PDF form</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 281 KB] for offline review, with answers submitted either via email to </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:PP-EWG-Survey@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>PP-EWG-Survey@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> or submitting answers online.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The EWG greatly appreciates any insights on this topic from those P/P Providers interested in sharing information about their current practices. The individual responses will be used only to understand current P/P Provider practices and will not be published by the EWG, unless the P/P Provider requests that its individual response be disclosed. The EWG plans to publish a summary of anonymized, aggregated results for ICANN community use in considering future policy recommendations, and will be shared with the GNSO PDP Working Group on Privacy/Proxy Service Accreditation Issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Background<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In December 2012, ICANN announced the creation of an Expert Working Group (EWG) on next-generation gTLD Registration Directory Services, as a first step in fulfilling the ICANN Board's directive to help redefine the purpose and provision of gTLD registration data. The EWG's findings are expected to serve as a foundation to help the GNSO create a new global policy for the provision of gTLD registration data.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A significant milestone was reached on </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-24jun13-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>24 June 2013</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> with the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-24jun13-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>publication </span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>of the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services"><span lang=EN-US>Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (EWG)'s Initial Report and FAQs, opening a consultation period with the ICANN community. The </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Initial Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 1.70 MB] enumerated the users, purposes, data elements, recommended principles and features, and proposed model to guide the development of a next generation Registration Directory Service (RDS) to replace WHOIS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prior to the ICANN Meeting in Buenos Aires, the EWG published its </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Status Update Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 2.26 MB] to highlight the EWG's thinking on these and many other key issues. It also provides a great deal more detail on the analysis that lay behind the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Initial Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 1.70 MB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The EWG is currently in its research and information gathering phase. This Questionnaire is one of several research efforts that the EWG is currently undertaking to ensure that its final recommendations are supported by facts and informed by current practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What's Next?<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The EWG expects to complete its recommendations in 2014, informed by Community feedback and in-depth analysis of selected areas, including the responses to this Questionnaire. The EWG plans to reconvene in March 2014 to derive fact-based recommendations after carefully examining the results of its research, and expects to deliver its final report to the ICANN Board by June 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Questions<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If questions arise about the Questionnaire or the online tool, please contact Margie Milam at </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:PP-EWG-Survey@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>PP-EWG-Survey@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Glen de Saint Géry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>GNSO Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>