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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">A lot of registrars (and registries) are members of Eco or The Internet Infrastructure Coalition and Thomas Rickert via Eco has been doing a lot of work with contracted parties in this GDPR mess.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">To date we have not been formally engaged with DPAs via Eco / i2C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">ICANN, as you can see from their updates, has been conducting bilateral discussions with various bodies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Some registrars have been discussing matters with their DPAs and / or relevant government departments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Disclosure: I am the Chair of The Internet Infrastructure Coalition and involved in a lot of the other things too (see:
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mneylon/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mneylon/</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Michele<o:p></o:p></span></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">Sam Lanfranco <sam@lanfranco.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday 15 February 2018 at 14:13<br>
<b>To: </b>RDS PDP WG <gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Michele Neylon <michele@blacknight.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] ICANN Update on GDPR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><a name="_MailOriginalBody">All,<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">This posting may just expose a blind side in my knowledge, but I would like to ask:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Is there is an organization of Registrar's, outside ICANN, that collectively carries on discussions with the EU and other national government Data Protection Agencies?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Is there a particular forum, public or private, in which that dialogue takes place, or is within efforts that are mainly one-on-one?
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<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Sam L.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">"It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">in an unjust state" -Confucius<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> </span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"MS Gothic"">邦有道，</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:MingLiU">贫</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"MS Gothic"">且</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:MingLiU">贱</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"MS Gothic"">焉，耻也。邦无道，富且</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:MingLiU">贵</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"MS Gothic"">焉，耻也</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Visiting Prof, Xi'an Jaiotong-Liverpool Univ, Suzhou, China<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar)<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">email: </span><a href="mailto:sam@lanfranco.net"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">sam@lanfranco.net</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> Skype: slanfranco<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">blog: </span><a href="https://samlanfranco.blogspot.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">https://samlanfranco.blogspot.com</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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