[Gdd-gnso-ppsai-impl] PPSAI IRT Status Update

[Carlton Samuels]

Thanks for the update Cyrus. Makes perfect sense to me.

Best,
Carlton

On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 12:13 pm Cyrus Jamnejad, <cyrus.jamnejad at icann.org>
wrote:

> Dear Members of the PPSAI IRT,
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> I hope this message finds you well.
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> As some of you may know, Amy Bivins has moved to a different department
> within ICANN org and will no longer be directly supporting the PPSAI IRT.
> As such, and knowing that it has been a while since our last communication,
> I’d like to provide a brief status update to this list.
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> For those of you who do not know me, I am a Services Manager on the
> newly-branded gTLD Accounts and Services team within the GDD. I was
> previously a Registrar Services & Engagement manager for the North American
> and Latin American/Caribbean ICANN regions, and I have been supporting the
> PP Implementation work from the staff side for the past 2+ years.
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> When we last spoke in November of last year, ICANN org indicated that due
> to the ongoing work of the EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD
> registration data and the need for uniformity of approach toward issues
> raised by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the
> PPSAI IRT would slow its work. This approach was for the purpose of
> monitoring the recommendations of the EPDP for potential impacts to ICANN
> org’s implementation of the Privacy & Proxy service provider accreditation
> program, and was intended to focus and conserve limited ICANN org and
> community resources for the work of the EPDP. The general sentiment from
> the IRT members in response to this status update was that proceeding with
> any work outside of these issues was not a prudent use of resources at the
> time.
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> In March of this year, ICANN org notified the GNSO Council
> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/namazi-to-drazek-et-al-04mar19-en.pdf> of
> the intention to formally pause the implementation work for PPSAI. In late
> April, the Council considered this approach and determined that deference
> to ICANN org and the IRT
> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/drazek-et-al-to-namazi-30apr19-en.pdf> was
> prudent. On 5 September, ICANN org confirmed in response
> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/namazi-to-drazek-et-al-05sep19-en.pdf> that
> the PPSAI Implementation would be put on hold pending the implementation of
> the forthcoming EPDP Phase 2 recommendations.
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> We understand that reactions within the community and the IRT to this
> plan remain mixed, but believe this is the best path forward when
> considering all relevant factors.
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> We appreciate all of the time and effort spent by the IRT to date.  ICANN
> org remains committed to implementing the policy once the EPDP Phase 2 work
> is complete and any impacts to the Privacy & Proxy service provider
> accreditation program can be appropriately assessed and accounted
> for in our implementation plan.
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> Best Regards,
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> *Cyrus Jamnejad*
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> *gTLD Accounts & Services Manager*
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> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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> Skype: cyrus.jamnejad.icann
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> Telephone: +1 310 578 8635
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> www.icann.org
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