[IRT.RegDataPolicy] Tech contact consent

Theo Geurts gtheo at xs4all.nl
Fri Jul 26 17:43:38 UTC 2019


That is an excellent comment Jody.

  Up till now, I did not realize that a third party tech contact 
assigned by the registrant most likely will not have access to this or 
her data.

It gets more complicated if such a data subject wants to exercise rights 
under the GDPR or CCPA. How would a registrar be able to deal with a 
deletion request? A scenario with multiple resellers and sub-resellers 
might complicate things even more.


Sounds like a can of worms the size of New York.

Theo



On 26-7-2019 19:12, Jody Kolker wrote:
>
> Regarding this statement:
>
> */The controller has taken active steps, Tech contact is been 
> informed, and the data subject can access their data and change it or 
> delete it. /*
>
> Is the data subject the registrant or the tech contact?  If it is the 
> tech contact, the tech contact may not have access to their data if 
> the registrant and tech contact are not the same.  The registrar may 
> only have a relationship with the registrant and not the tech 
> contact.  If so, the tech contact may only have access to their data 
> through the registrant, which I’m not sure that would be considered as 
> “access to their data”.
>
> *From:*IRT.RegDataPolicy <irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org> *On 
> Behalf Of *Mark Svancarek (CELA) via IRT.RegDataPolicy
> *Sent:* Friday, July 26, 2019 11:01 AM
> *To:* Sarah Wyld <swyld at tucows.com>; irt.regdatapolicy at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [IRT.RegDataPolicy] Tech contact consent
>
> Notice:This email is from an external sender.
>
> inline
>
> *From:*IRT.RegDataPolicy <irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org 
> <mailto:irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org>> *On Behalf Of *Sarah Wyld
> *Sent:* Friday, July 26, 2019 06:16
> *To:* irt.regdatapolicy at icann.org <mailto:irt.regdatapolicy at icann.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [IRT.RegDataPolicy] Tech contact consent
>
> Hello all,
>
> > 1. One would not collect “consent” from the RNH. There is a concept 
> that if the RNH attests that they’ve gotten agreement from the Tech 
> contact that the Rr is safe to proceed, particularly if the sign-up UI 
> is well-defined and the Tech contact is informed during the initial 
> accuracy check.  We should get some legal advice on that.
>
> Well, the Policy section to which I was responding did originally have 
> the RNH contact consenting to publish the Tech contact data; it was 
> then updated to show the Tech contact consenting for their own data. 
> We do already have legal advice on exactly this topic. Please visit 
> https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=105386422 
> <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icann.org%2Fpages%2Fviewpage.action%3FpageId%3D105386422&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7Cc6192db609dc47acecd808d711cb5495%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636997437316049924&sdata=y5X4Lg97B6uqrYu4vYLfgf9gqvMCFuBbqNmA%2BwI0Hxo%3D&reserved=0> 
> and look to #3, "Technical Contact Memo.docx". The conclusion in 
> points 11 & 12 is that the Registrar cannot rely on the RNH to provide 
> notice to the Tech contact on the Registrar's behalf, nor can the RNH 
> be relied on to get the Tech contact's consent for data processing.
>
> */[Mark Svancarek] Sorry for mis-reading the thread.  I thought you 
> were discussing collecting consent *of* the RNH to publish the Tech 
> contact info, rather than collecting the consent of the Tech contact 
> *by way of* the RNH.  Mea culpa.  The legal advice does indeed confirm 
> that such a system is unreliable, but what I am suggesting is 
> different from the primary focus of that the legal advice./*
>
> */Regarding collecting the Registrar collecting Tech contact consent 
> directly from the Tech contact, you’d do that when the Tech contact is 
> “informed” – you would send an email to the Tech contact at the same 
> time as your obligatory accuracy check.  The controller has taken 
> active steps, Tech contact is been informed, and the data subject can 
> access their data and change it or delete it.  This would meet the 
> requirements of Article 14, and is the mechanism I described above. 
> Advice bullet 11 implies this is possible (though it isn’t the topic 
> of the memo per se), which is why I have confidence in this approach.  
> I don’t see how Article 14 possibly works if the controller is not 
> allowed to use the personal information they received to inform the 
> data subject.  And *that* is what I suggested we could get legal 
> advice on./*
>
> */I understand that some registrars will not want to send this notice 
> or offer this functionality, and they are not obliged in policy to do 
> so, but I disagree with the assertion that it cannot lawfully be done./*
>
> */Does that make sense?/*
>
> > 2. I get a sense that we are creating new policy here, namely going 
> down a path to prevent the collection of the Tech contact, in 
> violation of the intent of the recommendation.  For clarity, please 
> let me know if you can support either of these scenarios:
>
> Nothing in my email below regarding the Tech contact consent to 
> publication of their data was intended to relate to *collecting *a 
> Tech contact in the first place.
>
> */Yep, oops, sorry about that./*
>
> That requirement is separate and I know we've had other conversations 
> about it, which we can continue as needed, but I'd suggest we keep it 
> a separate thread so as to avoid confusion of these issues. My point 
> is simply that there is no avenue in the Recommendations or under 
> applicable law for the RNH to consent to data publication on the Tech 
> contact's behalf, nor even for the Tech contact themselves to grant 
> this consent for publication.
>
> Thanks and happy Friday!
>
> */[Mark Svancarek] Right back at you!/*
>
> -- 
> Sarah Wyld
> Domains Product Team
> Tucows
> +1.416 535 0123 Ext. 1392
>   
>
> On 7/25/2019 4:39 PM, Mark Svancarek (CELA) via IRT.RegDataPolicy wrote:
>
>     1.One would not collect “consent” from the RNH.  There is a
>     concept that if the RNH attests that they’ve gotten agreement from
>     the Tech contact that the Rr is safe to proceed, particularly if
>     the sign-up UI is well-defined and the Tech contact is informed
>     during the initial accuracy check.  We should get some legal
>     advice on that.
>
>     2.I get a sense that we are creating new policy here, namely going
>     down a path to prevent the collection of the Tech contact, in
>     violation of the intent of the recommendation.  For clarity,
>     please let me know if you can support either of these scenarios:
>
>     a.Microsoft wants to use  “Domain Administrator” /
>     domains at microsoft.com <mailto:domains at microsoft.com>as registrant
>     and  “MSN Hostmaster” / msnhst at microsoft.com
>     <mailto:msnhst at microsoft.com>as Tech contact.
>
>     b.A church wants to register a domain name as themselves (an org)
>     and wants to have the geekiest member of the congregation be the
>     Tech contact.
>
>     (Thanks to Stephanie P for scenario b.)
>
>     /marksv
>
>     *From:*IRT.RegDataPolicy <irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org>
>     <mailto:irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org>*On Behalf Of
>     *Elizabeth Bacon
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, July 23, 2019 9:08 AM
>     *To:* Roger D Carney <rcarney at godaddy.com>
>     <mailto:rcarney at godaddy.com>; IRT.RegDataPolicy at icann.org
>     <mailto:IRT.RegDataPolicy at icann.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: [IRT.RegDataPolicy] Tech contact consent
>
>     Agreed all around. Including a requirement, or even option, to
>     collect consent from a RNH is not consistent with the work or
>     recommendations of Phase I.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Beth
>
>     *From:*IRT.RegDataPolicy <irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org
>     <mailto:irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org>> *On Behalf Of *Roger
>     D Carney
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, July 23, 2019 11:00 AM
>     *To:* IRT.RegDataPolicy at icann.org <mailto:IRT.RegDataPolicy at icann.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: [IRT.RegDataPolicy] Tech contact consent
>
>     Good Morning,
>
>     +1 to Sarah’s comments, thanks Amr for the extra insight as well.
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Roger
>
>     *From:*IRT.RegDataPolicy <irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org
>     <mailto:irt.regdatapolicy-bounces at icann.org>> *On Behalf Of *Amr
>     Elsadr
>     *Sent:* Sunday, July 21, 2019 7:04 AM
>     *To:* Sarah Wyld <swyld at tucows.com <mailto:swyld at tucows.com>>
>     *Cc:* irt.regdatapolicy at icann.org <mailto:irt.regdatapolicy at icann.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: [IRT.RegDataPolicy] Tech contact consent
>
>     Notice:This email is from an external sender.
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Lending my support to everything in Sarah's email below. The draft
>     Consensus Policy language (sections 8.3 and 8.3.2) should only
>     allow for publication of Tech Contact personal information upon
>     gaining consent when the Registered Name Holder and the Tech
>     Contact are the same (assuming this is implementable).
>
>     However, the EPDP Team did not review privacy/data protection law
>     requirements when processing of personal information is performed
>     when this personal information was not obtained from the data
>     subject (such as a Tech Contact who is not the same natural person
>     as the Registered Name Holder). The EPDP Team, therefore, did not
>     make a recommendation on how to gain consent to publish this data.
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     Amr
>
>     ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>
>     On Thursday, July 18, 2019 2:42 PM, Sarah Wyld <swyld at tucows.com
>     <mailto:swyld at tucows.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hello team,
>
>         There is some great discussion in the Google Doc
>         (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OuZT7xL5wuV1ynVmpVNxFycU93gvPlvbzx_g9lXCYCw/edit?ts=5d2f60ce#
>         <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1OuZT7xL5wuV1ynVmpVNxFycU93gvPlvbzx_g9lXCYCw%2Fedit%3Fts%3D5d2f60ce&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7Cc6192db609dc47acecd808d711cb5495%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636997437316049924&sdata=8uuBoWHgF%2B2pF84G3L6cacLxlDSd4P1wE2npKhabBC8%3D&reserved=0>)
>         about the possibility for the Tech contact to consent to
>         publication of their data (name, phone and email), but I think
>         it's a bit easier to consider it by email, so I will start
>         this discussion and look forward to hearing what everyone else
>         thinks.
>
>         I see it as two separate questions, one of which is already
>         resolved and the other remaining open.
>
>         *1 - can the RNH grant consent for publication of Tech contact
>         data? *
>
>         Based on comments in the doc (including mine) and Dennis's
>         subsequent changes, there is agreement that it is not possible
>         for one person to consent to publication of another person's
>         data. So, if the RNH is also the Tech contact, then maybe they
>         could grant consent (if it's possible in an automated manner
>         for the registrar to know that these contacts are the same,
>         which may not be possible) but certainly if it's a different
>         person then this is not an option.
>
>         *2 - can the Tech contact grant consent for publication of its
>         own data? *
>
>         Although on the surface this sounds straightforward, I think
>         it's actually a problem.
>
>         There is no Recommendation in the Phase 1 final report
>         relating to the Tech contact granting consent. Rec 5 explains
>         what the tech contact may be ("For the purpose of the
>         Technical contact, which is optional for the Registered Name
>         Holder to complete (and if the Registrar provides this
>         option), Registrars are to advise the Registered Name Holder
>         at the time of registration that the Registered Name Holder is
>         free to (1) designate the same person as the registrant (or
>         its representative) as the technical contact; or (2) provide
>         contact information which does not directly identify the
>         technical contact person concerned.") Rec 6 requires that the
>         RNH can consent to publication ("The EPDP Team recommends
>         that, as soon as commercially reasonable, Registrar must
>         provide the opportunity for the Registered Name Holder to
>         provide its Consent to publish redacted contact information,
>         as well as the email address, in the RDS for the sponsoring
>         registrar.") Rec 10 requires that the tech contact is
>         redacted. Rec 13 refers again to the RNH consenting to
>         publication of their data ("1) The EPDP Team recommends that
>         the Registrar MUST provide an email address or a web form to
>         facilitate email communication with the relevant contact, but
>         MUST NOT identify the contact email address or the contact
>         itself, unless as per Recommendation #6, the Registered Name
>         Holder has provided consent for the publication of its email
>         address.")
>
>
>         Additionally, the Registrar may not have a legal basis on
>         which to publish the Tech contact data (again, assuming it is
>         not known to be the same as the RNH data). There is no
>         contractual relationship between the registrar and the tech
>         contact, so 'performance of a contract' cannot be the basis
>         for publication, and because there is no contractual
>         relationship it would be improper for the registrar to
>         communicate with the tech contact (the registrar does not have
>         any legal basis on which to process the tech contact's data)
>         even just to send them an email about this consent request.
>
>         As such, for question 2 the answer should be no, *the Tech
>         contact cannot grant consent to publish their data*.
>
>         Thanks,
>
>         --
>
>         Sarah Wyld
>
>         Domains Product Team
>
>         Tucows
>
>         +1.416 535 0123 Ext. 1392
>
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