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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Dear Kurt, </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Dear All,</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">First of
all Merry Christmas to all</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">I wish you
a very happy and joyful 2019</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">I sent
similar message to another Icann Community grouop and only a very handful / few
replied.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Secondly ,In
spite of difficulties in examining the comments received under public comment
which I have conveyed to Kurt and the secretariat and on which I expect some
action, in quick glance to publix c comments, I have noted that there are the
following categories of commenters</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><ol style="list-style-type:decimal;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">So/AC
Commenters</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Individual
commenters which comprises of two sub categories</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">2.1<span> </span>Individual not member of the EPDP Team</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">2.2 <span> </span>Individual members of EPDP Team </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">I understand
the objectives of the comments for categories 1 and 2.1</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">With respect to
sub category 2.1 there are two types of comments </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">2.2.1<span> </span>Those individual EPDP members that agreed to
the Recommendation as contained in the initial Report </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">2.2.2<span> </span>Those individual EPDP members that did NOT agreed
to the Recommendation as contained in the initial Report </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>I have certain difficulties to understand the
objectives / position of sub-categories mentioned in 2.2.2</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">It is
recognized that the Recommendations contained in the initial report were none
consensus Recommendation however, all these Recommendations have been amply and
extensively discussed during many hours and evry one has had time and
opportunities to express her / his views which were included in the draft 8
initial Recommendations. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Consequently,
it is surprising that people requiring double opportunity to comments a) during
the Team debate and b) during the public comments .The charter is silent in
this regard but customary law and standard practice dictates that once an
individual agreed to a text ( without expressing her/ his disagreement in an
explicit manner ),she/ he should normally respects what she /he has <span> </span>already agreed at the level of initial
discussion..</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">It is
therefore unusual to have double opportunity to contradict what she 7 he
already agreed.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="EN-US">In view of
the above, I have serious doubt about such comments.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:10pt"><span lang="EN-US">It is
therefroe necessary to discuss this unusual comment.</span></p></li></ol><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 5:36 PM Arasteh <<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="auto">Dear Marika & Secretariat <div>May I wish you and other colleagues a very merry Christmas and joyful New Years </div><div>Pls kind inform me as soon the consolidated public comments are available for verification by the Team </div><div>Regards</div><div>Kavouss<br><br><div id="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 23 Dec 2018, at 08:50, Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org" target="_blank">marika.konings@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please find hereby the ICANN Org response to the following question:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt">Question:<span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black;font-size:11pt">Is there any further information that can be provided in relation to the discussions that have been held with the EDPB and/or DPAs in addition to the blog posts and correspondence that have been shared, such as briefing
notes and summaries of meetings?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px">
<b><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"> </span></b><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;word-spacing:0px">
<b><span style="color:black">Response:</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black">Aside from the blog posts and correspondence that have already been shared, and consistent with<span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/publication-practices-2016-06-30-en" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">ICANN
Publication Practices</span></a>, ICANN org has not identified any additional notes or summaries of meetings that are suitable for publication.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black">ICANN org has previously stated that<span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">having clear guidance may increase legal certainty for ICANN and the contracted parties as well as assist the community
in the Expedited<span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background:white;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Policy Development Process (EPDP) to consider the<span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registration-data-specs-en" target="_blank"><span style="background:white;color:rgb(0,112,192)">Temporary
Specification for gTLD Registration Data</span></a><span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span></span><span style="background:white;color:black">(Temp Spec). Our commitment to transparency in publishing summaries of our
interactions with the EDPB supports this stated purpose.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black">In this regard, we’ve posted summaries of our conversations with the EDPB and DPAs on ICANN’s<a href="https://www.icann.org/dataprotectionprivacy" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="background:white;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Data
Protection/Privacy Issues</span></a><span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background:white;color:rgb(51,51,51)">page</span><span style="color:black">. The purpose of these conversations has been to educate, inform, and request guidance.
In these discussions, we have also relayed to the EDPB the concerns and questions that we have solicited from the community.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="background:white;color:black">Additionally, in the Work and Tools section of the EDPB website, the EDPB states that: “We issue general guidance to promote a common understanding of European data protection laws, both across the European Union and
around the world. We clarify data protection provisions, advise the European Commission and provide the general public and stakeholders with our interpretation of their rights and obligations. We can issue guidelines, recommendations and best practices about
the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive, as well as other documents.” Accordingly, guidance from the EDPB to ICANN is publicly posted on their website and ICANN’s website so that the guidance is available for all interested parties and can help inform the
work of the community.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"><br>
<span style="background:white">ICANN org remains available to answer any questions that the EPDP Team may have regarding any specific topic</span>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt">This response will also get posted here:<span class="gmail-m_-7021841082867190515apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ahppBQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">https://community.icann.org/x/ahppBQ</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt">Caitlin, Berry and Marika<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt">Marika Konings</span></i></b><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt">Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) </span></i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt">Email: <a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">marika.konings@icann.org</span></a> </span></i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt"> </span></i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt">Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO</span></i><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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