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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Dear Legal Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Please find the below clarification requested from Bird & Bird regarding the first batch of questions. We will add this to today’s agenda for further discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Is Q2 asking a different question to those in the first set of questions? Q1(1), in particular, asks us to consider "the risk of a third party abusing or circumventing the safeguards" – that seems similar to what Q2 is asking.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In the first set of questions, one assumption is that "data must be disclosed over RDAP to requestors either directly or through an intermediary request accreditation/authorization body" – we assume that even for a "direct" disclosure, the request is still going to come in via the SSAD, and will still be evaluated as all other requests would be; the key difference is just in terms of the final step (data would be sent directly to the requestor by the CP, not via ICANN org / ICANN org's designee).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Marika, Berry, and Caitlin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>