[council] DATA RETENTION WAIVER OVH SAS

[Marika Konings]

To add to Volker's response, the process used to request this waiver under
the 2013 RAA can be found here:
http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/updates/retention. Further
information about this specific request can also be found here:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jan14-en.htm.

Best regards,

Marika

On 17/03/14 12:03, "Volker Greimann" <vgreimann at key-Systems.net> wrote:

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>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
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>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 can¹t seem to find any details? Can someone point me in the right
>>direction?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Amr
>
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