<div><div dir="auto">I would echo the same comment as Martin’s in relation to the Middle East. I’m also wondering why the Middle East was categorized as Middle East and Africa and not Asia Pacific as we normally categorize it?</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">E.</div><div dir="auto">—</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 11:24 AM Martin Pablo Silva Valent <<a href="mailto:mpsilvavalent@gmail.com">mpsilvavalent@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Marika,<div><span class="m_8596048605820195942Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>I don’t know to who do this comment, but the document seems very incomplete (not only in detail, but in actual cases not listed), specially from a Latin American perspective, which is the one I can talk about. If the team gathering this would like some help, I can provide some information. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Martín Silva Valent</div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 25 Jan 2019, at 15:20, Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org" target="_blank">marika.konings@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_8596048605820195942Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div class="m_8596048605820195942WordSection1" style="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;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear All,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">As mentioned, please see below further information in relation to the global legislative and regulatory development reports that ICANN produces. It also provides an email address where you can send comments or new information.<span class="m_8596048605820195942Apple-converted-space"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Marika<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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report</span></a></span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">[PDF, 214 KB] l highlighting a limited list of recent and pending legislative and regulatory initiatives on privacy/data protection and cybersecurity across the world. The report is a continuation of the initiative launched earlier this April, to identify legislative efforts across the globe early-on to raise awareness within</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">and consider potential impacts, including how these legislative initiatives may have unintended consequences, which may be avoided.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">As a result of the community discussions over the past year or so leading up to the GDPR going into full effect,</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">CEO and President Göran Marby committed to identify key legislative efforts around the globe while in their earlier stages. To this end,</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">org</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/improving-our-planning-and-preparation" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">initiated</span></a></span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">reporting efforts on global legislative and regulatory developments during the third quarter of FY18. The</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/legislative-regulatory-fy18-23apr18-en.pdf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">first report</span></a></span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">[PDF, 97 KB] was a limited list of some recent legislative and regulatory initiatives around the world that relate to privacy/data protection and cybersecurity issues and that could impact</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN's mission, operations or issues within</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN's remit. It was the first product of a realization that</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN, as both an org and a community, must pay closer attention to potential legislative efforts of interest across the world.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The initial report received wide attention with a viewership of over six hundred unique visits. The community feedback on the report was positive, which paved the way for the continuation of the report on a quarterly basis. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has reviewed and provided feedback on the first report.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We look forward to hearing from you about any high-impact developments in the e-privacy and cybersecurity ecosystem that should be tracked in future reports. You can send your comments and/or information about new developments in your region to</span><span class="m_8596048605820195942apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="mailto:trackingfeedback@icann.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">trackingfeedback@icann.org</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt">Marika Konings</span></i></b><span 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