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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Volker – <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Great question -  there’s lots of relevancy here:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The survey covers RDAP and evaluates compliance under the Temp Spec – not under the old WHOIS.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">It documents widespread discrepancies in implementation of RDAP and in compliance with the Temp Spec, including actual examples.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">It found that some registrars are making even non-sensitive domain name registration data difficult to obtain. This is impairing legitimate uses of the data while providing no privacy
 benefits.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">It is often difficult for parties to reach out to domain contacts for legitimate purposes. People using the contact tools provided by registrars cannot always be confident that their
 messages are being delivered. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The survey notes that because of the enormous usage (66 billion WHOIS registry queries per month, and estimated similar numbers for registrars), it is vitally important that registration
 data services function predictably and reliably, and that ICANN provides excellent technical and policy coordination.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The survey lists a series of policy recommendations for consideration to address some of the issues raised by their findings.  
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the EPDP – it highlights the need to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Provide as much implementation guidance wherever possible as we finalize our policy recommendations.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Seek input from ICANN compliance to see what ICANN Org. would like to see in our policy to ensure that it can strengthen its compliance activities with regard to the SSAD.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Consider ways to allow data that is not required to be protected under GDPR to be public— for example, the data of legal persons, so that there is less that needs to be managed
 through the SSAD.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Centralize as much as possible because that will create greater consistency, and allow the CGM to apply machine learning over time to achieve greater efficiencies.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:2.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Consider whether the policy recommendations proposed in the survey are either already addressed by the EPDP’s Phase 1/Phase 2 reports or should be considered for inclusion in our
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<p class="MsoNormal">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Margie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Volker Greimann <vgreimann@key-systems.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 2:09 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Margie Milam <margiemilam@fb.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"gnso-epdp-team@icann.org" <gnso-epdp-team@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gnso-epdp-team] Interisle Study: At the Crossroads: The State of Domain Registration Data Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So what is the relevance to our work here? Our work is set to replace whois, not improve it. One could even argue that WHOIS is already dead in accordance with the terms of the RAA since ICANN already has mandated RDAP as replacement protocol.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 12:09 AM Margie Milam <<a href="mailto:margiemilam@fb.com">margiemilam@fb.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As mentioned on today’s call, here’s the link to the
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.interisle.net_domainregistrationdata.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=_4XWSt8rUHZPiRG6CoP4Fnk_CCk4p550lffeMi3E1z8&m=_e2t3uE2KUqtno6QldBn5f1qvkRIsF5hRSyLt_IwKlk&s=Ekl_gozjgr78KLjyIdx9ljun1LZhkPXJ_94XVAVFShM&e=" target="_blank">
Interisle Consulting Study</a> that highlights widespread problems with the current state of WHOIS.  The study focused on the unredacted, public elements of today’s WHOIS, following the adoption of the Temporary Specification.  The author is Greg Aaron, and
 he provided a short overview  of the main study findings on CircleID <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.circleid.com_posts_20200331-2Dat-2Dthe-2Dcrossroads-2Dthe-2Dstate-2Dof-2Ddomain-2Dregistration-2Ddata-2Dservices_&d=DwMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=_4XWSt8rUHZPiRG6CoP4Fnk_CCk4p550lffeMi3E1z8&m=_e2t3uE2KUqtno6QldBn5f1qvkRIsF5hRSyLt_IwKlk&s=1vphPuSOPj06JbiJV_cZzKk6BmrQgPEHd0pkfxLAzYc&e=" target="_blank">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Margie<o:p></o:p></p>
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