
<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>The waiver request and supporting materials can be found here: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/updates/retention/waiver-request-ovh-sas-27jan14-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/updates/retention/waiver-request-ovh-sas-27jan14-en.pdf</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Marika</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Amr Elsadr <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday 17 March 2014 13:31<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> Volker Greimann <<a href="mailto:vgreimann@key-Systems.net">vgreimann@key-Systems.net</a>>, Council <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [council] DATA RETENTION WAIVER OVH SAS<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Thanks Volker and Marika. I had missed the preliminary notice in January. After a quick Google search, I couldn’t find any links to OVH’s application for a waiver. Is that publicly archived?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again.</div><div><br></div><div>Amr</div><br><div><div>On Mar 17, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">

To add to Volker's response, the process used to request this waiver under<br>

the 2013 RAA can be found here:<br><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/updates/retention">http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/updates/retention</a>. Further<br>

information about this specific request can also be found here:<br><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jan14-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jan14-en.htm</a>.<br><br>

Best regards,<br><br>

Marika<br><br>

On 17/03/14 12:03, "Volker Greimann" <<a href="mailto:vgreimann@key-Systems.net">vgreimann@key-Systems.net</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br>

Hi Amr,<br><br>

nothin has changed. The reason OVH got their waiver because in their<br>

application they only asked for what ICANN sees as a "compromise<br>

solution" that does not really meet the legal requirements of most<br>

European registrars.<br><br>

Volker<br><br><br><br><br><br>

Am 17.03.2014 11:58, schrieb Amr Elsadr:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hi,<br><br>

I had meant to send an email about this earlier, but then the U.S. gov<br>

decided to steal the spotlight and attention (including mine) from most<br>

other issues. I was curious about the process and circumstances<br>

regarding this announcement:<br><br><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-12mar14-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-12mar14-en.htm</a><br><br>

Last year, the EU's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party sent a<br>

letter to ICANN<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>

(<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/kohnstamm-to-crocker-chehade">http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/kohnstamm-to-crocker-chehade</a><br>

-06jun13-en), requesting waivers to EU-based registrars, but ICANN did<br>

not seem to respond in agreement in their reply<br>

(<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/jeffrey-to-kohnstamm-20sep13">http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/jeffrey-to-kohnstamm-20sep13</a><br>

-en).<br><br>

So what changed? Was the ICANN Procedure For Handling Conflicts with<br>

Privacy Law used? Was it something else? I believe this is something<br>

worth taking notice of, especially with the ongoing WHOIS activities?<br><br>

I can¹t seem to find any details? Can someone point me in the right<br>

direction?<br><br>

Thanks.<br><br>

Amr</blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></span></body></html>