[council] DATA RETENTION WAIVER OVH SAS

[Volker Greimann]

Hi Amr,

nothin has changed. The reason OVH got their waiver because in their 
application they only asked for what ICANN sees as a "compromise 
solution" that does not really meet the legal requirements of most 
European registrars.

Volker





Am 17.03.2014 11:58, schrieb Amr Elsadr:
> Hi,
>
> I had meant to send an email about this earlier, but then the U.S. gov decided to steal the spotlight and attention (including mine) from most other issues. I was curious about the process and circumstances regarding this announcement:
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-12mar14-en.htm
>
> Last year, the EU's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party sent a letter to ICANN (http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/kohnstamm-to-crocker-chehade-06jun13-en), requesting waivers to EU-based registrars, but ICANN did not seem to respond in agreement in their reply (http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/jeffrey-to-kohnstamm-20sep13-en).
>
> So what changed? Was the ICANN Procedure For Handling Conflicts with Privacy Law used? Was it something else? I believe this is something worth taking notice of, especially with the ongoing WHOIS activities?
>
> I can’t seem to find any details? Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr