[RDS-WHOIS2-RT] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Releases its Second Report on Global Legislative and Regulatory Developments

[Carlton Samuels]

Apropos....

On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, 6:46 pm ICANN News Alert, <no-reply at external.icann.org>
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> ICANN Releases its Second Report on Global Legislative and Regulatory
> Developments
>
> 30 August 2018
>
> ISTANBUL - 30 August 2018 - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
> and Numbers (ICANN) published today the second report
> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/legislative-regulatory-fy18-28aug18-en.pdf>
> [PDF, 214 KB] l highlighting a limited list of recent and pending
> legislative and regulatory initiatives on privacy/data protection and
> cybersecurity across the world. The report is a continuation of the
> initiative launched earlier this April, to identify legislative efforts
> across the globe early-on to raise awareness within ICANN and consider
> potential impacts, including how these legislative initiatives may have
> unintended consequences, which may be avoided.
>
> As a result of the community discussions over the past year or so leading
> up to the GDPR going into full effect, ICANN CEO and President Göran Marby
> committed to identify key legislative efforts around the globe while in
> their earlier stages. To this end, ICANN org initiated
> <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/improving-our-planning-and-preparation>
> reporting efforts on global legislative and regulatory developments during
> the third quarter of FY18. The first report
> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/legislative-regulatory-fy18-23apr18-en.pdf>
> [PDF, 97 KB] was a limited list of some recent legislative and regulatory
> initiatives around the world that relate to privacy/data protection and
> cybersecurity issues and that could impact ICANN's mission, operations or
> issues within ICANN's remit. It was the first product of a realization that
> ICANN, as both an org and a community, must pay closer attention to
> potential legislative efforts of interest across the world.
>
> The initial report received wide attention with a viewership of over six
> hundred unique visits. The community feedback on the report was positive,
> which paved the way for the continuation of the report on a quarterly
> basis. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has
> reviewed and provided feedback on the first report.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you about any high-impact developments in
> the e-privacy and cybersecurity ecosystem that should be tracked in future
> reports. You can send your comments and/or information about new
> developments in your region to trackingfeedback at icann.org.
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