[ispcp] WG: [council] FW: Verisign request to extend Thick Whois Implementation Date

Sat Jun 24 17:26:39 UTC 2017

FYI

Best regards

Wolf-Ulrich Knoben

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Von: Marika Konings <marika.konings at icann.org
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Betreff: [council] FW: Verisign request to extend Thick Whois 
Implementation Date
Datum: 24.06.2017, 18:07 Uhr
An: council at gnso.icann.org <council at gnso.icann.org
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For your information, please see below.

Best regards,

Marika

From: Karla Hakansson <karla.hakansson at icann.org>
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 16:12
To: Marika Konings <marika.konings at icann.org>
Cc: Cyrus Namazi <cyrus.namazi at icann.org>
Subject: Verisign request to extend Thick Whois Implementation Date

Hello Marika,

Please communicate the following update to the GNSO:

In the process of implementing the Thick Whois Policy for .com and .net, 
Verisign proposed certain Amendments to the COM/NET Registry Registrar 
Agreement (RRA) to fulfill their obligation to begin accepting Thick Whois 
data from the registrars beginning 1 August 2017. Per the published process
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rra-amendment-procedure-25aug11-en.pdf> 
, ICANN forwarded the proposed RRA Amendments to the Registrar Stakeholder 
Group (RrSG) on 29 March 2017 to review and provide comments. On 21 April 
2017 the RrSG formally objected to the proposed Amendment stating:

    “…the .com/.net amendments have raised serious questions in the RrSG
    around how we'll operate and interact with .com/.net under the upcoming
    European GDPR, and we feel we need clarity on these issues before the
    amendments can be accepted.

    Indeed, the RrSG is now looking towards the impact of the GDPR on the
    1000s of registries we regularly work with, and it's clear that we need
    to ensure we have more clarity and understanding, as well as a solution
    for data handling that will work across ALL registries.”

Following this communication, the RrSG submitted a letter to ICANN and 
Verisign on 4 May 2017 requesting Verisign to modify its proposed 
Amendment, and for ICANN to create a data protection policy in support of 
the RAA for both registries and registrars.

Since the 4 May 2017 communication ICANN has facilitated multiple 
discussions between Verisign and the RrSG in an attempt to resolve the 
outstanding issues with the RRA Amendments. The goal of those discussions 
has been to resolve the concerns about the proposed RRA Amendments so they 
can be in place by 1 July 2017. This deadline is imposed by Verisign to 
provide registrars with a thirty-day period in order for changes to the RRA 
to become effective before Verisign begins accepting Thick Whois data in 
their production environment. As of 21 June 2017, the RRA Amendment has not 
been accepted by the RrSG. ICANN strives for consensus whenever possible 
before approving RRA amendments, and without further discussions, is not 
prepared to approve an RRA amendment that the RrSG has rejected.

On 20 June 2017 Verisign formally submitted a request to ICANN
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence> to extend the 1 
August 2017 Thick Whois implementation enforcement date by at least 120 
days, or 29 November 2017. The extension request, currently under review, 
is not expected to compromise the 1 May 2018 Thick Whois deadline for all 
new .COM and .NET registrations or the 1 February 2019 deadline for the 
completion of the Thick Whois transition.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Karla Hakansson

Director, Registry Services

ICANN – Global Domains Division

(e) Karla.hakansson at icann.org <mailto:Karla.hakansson at icann.org>

(t) +1.310.699.5834

(s) karlahakansson

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536

www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org/>

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