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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear WHOIS1 Rec#4 Subgroup, Dear WHOIS1 Recs #5-9 Subgroup,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find below answers to questions you asked during the face-to-face meeting on 26-27 July.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For domains rechecked after suspension, what % are found to be unsuspended in total and the % that are still non-compliant?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN Contractual Compliance conducts a review of domain names subject to WHOIS Inaccuracy complaints that are closed based on the suspension of the domain names. For those domain names which are later found
to be unsuspended and have the same WHOIS information, ICANN Contractual Compliance will follow up with the registrar to assess whether the registrar conducted the required verification and validation under the WHOIS Accuracy Program Specification prior to
unsuspending the domain name.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Of the suspended domain names reviewed for 2017, 4% were unsuspended and had the same WHOIS information. Upon following up with the registrar regarding these domain names, all registrars were able to demonstrate
compliance by either providing the requested evidence required by the WHOIS Accuracy Program Specification or suspending the domain name again (where 0.4% of the unsuspended domain names were resuspended by the registrar).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is there a routine feedback process in place for Compliance to advise the ARS project of ARS-detected inaccuracies that were not ultimately found by Compliance to be inaccuracies (e.g., tickets generated
because the state was missing in a country where states are not applicable)?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Yes - there is a routine feedback process in place for ICANN Contractual Compliance to advise the ARS project of its findings. See
<a href="https://whois.icann.org/en/whoisars-contractual-compliance-metrics">https://whois.icann.org/en/whoisars-contractual-compliance-metrics</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The answer to <i>Does ARS have access to non-public data under the Temporary Specification? Is the WHOIS data that is sampled by ARS obtained from the Registrar or Registry (for thick TLDs, since under GDPR
much contact data may be redacted?)</i> will be provided this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Alice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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