<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Morning Catherine,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please find attached the revised redline version of the proposed RRA relating to case number 01152917.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">I would like to draw your attention to section 2.17 which we believe addresses the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) that are required per the Specification of the registry agreement (RA).</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">2.17 Registrar shall include in its Registration Agreements a provision prohibiting Registered Name Holders from distributing malware, abusively operating botnets, phishing, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement, fraudulent or deceptive practices, counterfeiting or otherwise engaging in activity contrary to applicable law and provide consequences for such activities including suspension of the domain name without notice or such other actions as may be deemed appropriate.</font></span></em></strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">In addition, we have addressed the request to incorporate the UK IDTAs (SCCs) in our Data Processing Addendum for registrars to execute as applicable. As an EU based business, it does not make sense for us to include UK specific clauses and instead we propose to include the following clause in the Data Processing Addendum.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box">5b) A Party may only transfer Shared Personal Data relating to EU individuals to outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) (or, if such Shared Personal Data is already outside of the EEA, to any third party also outside the EEA), in compliance with the terms of this Data Processing Addendum and the requirements of Applicable Laws, the latter including any relevant Adequacy Decision of the European Commission or the use of EU ‘Standard Contractual Clauses’. Where Standard Contractual Clauses for data transfers between EU and non-EU countries are required to be executed between the Parties, they may be found and downloaded, to be incorporated herein as part of this Data Processing Addendum upon execution, at </span></em></strong><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc/standard-contractual-clauses-international-transfers_en" title="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc/standard-contractual-clauses-international-transfers_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box">https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc/standard-contractual-clauses-international-transfers_en</span></em></strong></a><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"> or as set out in the attached International Data Transfer Addendum Annex 2 (or such link location as may be updated from time to time).</span></em></strong></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">I trust these updates meet with the approval of the Registrar Stakeholder Group.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">I look forward to your feedback.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span dir="ltr" class="gmail-uiOutputText" style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Kind regards,</font></span></p></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Vaughn Liley</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>General Manager | .link</b></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 15 Sept 2022 at 16:06, Catherine Merdinger <catherine@identity.digital> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Whoops - forgot to include the typographical errors - I blame the jet lag as I recently arrived in KL. Find the list below.<div><br></div><div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0cm"><li style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1.14. "Registry Agreement" means the <span style="background:yellow">agreement</span> between the Registry Operator and ICANN controlling the terms and conditions of Registry Operator’s license to operate and maintain the TLD…. [add “agreement”]<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2.1. System Operation and Access. Throughout the term of this Agreement, the Registry Operator’ …. [delete apostrophe]<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2.28. …</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:windowtext"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Unless Emergency Circumstances require a shorter notice period, the Registry Operator will provide Registrar with at least thirty (30) <span style="background:yellow">days’</span> notice prior to the implementation of material changes [add “days”]</span></li></ul><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table style="color:rgb(34,34,34);padding:0px;margin:10px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 7px 0px 0px"><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">Catherine Merdinger </span></b><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><font color="#134f5c">|</font></span><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">Corporate Counsel </span><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px"><font color="#134f5c"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">|</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">Identity Digital</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Inc.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><font color="#3d85c6"> </font><b><font color="#134f5c">|</font></b><font color="#3d85c6"> </font></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">+1.319.541.9416 </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><b><font color="#134f5c">|</font><font color="#3d85c6"> </font></b><font color="#000000">she/her</font></span></span><br></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 7px 0px 0px"></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p></p></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 10:04 PM Catherine Merdinger <catherine@identity.digital> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">ICANN,<div><br></div><div>Overall, the registrars do not have any major concerns about the proposed RRA amendments, though we have noted a few typographical errors below, which we would ask the Registry Operator to correct in the final version. We would also like to encourage the Registry Operator to incorporate the UK IDTAs (SCCs) in their Data Processing Addendum for registrars to execute as applicable. We are making this request of every registry operator whose RRA we are reviewing and would be delighted to expedite the review of such additional language.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you, as always, for the opportunity to review the proposed changes.</div><div>Catherine<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table style="color:rgb(34,34,34);padding:0px;margin:10px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 7px 0px 0px"><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">Catherine Merdinger </span></b><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><font color="#134f5c">|</font></span><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">Corporate Counsel </span><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px"><font color="#134f5c"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">|</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">Identity Digital</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Inc.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><font color="#3d85c6"> </font><b><font color="#134f5c">|</font></b><font color="#3d85c6"> </font></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">+1.319.541.9416 </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><b><font color="#134f5c">|</font><font color="#3d85c6"> </font></b><font color="#000000">she/her</font></span></span><br></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 7px 0px 0px"></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p></p></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 1:12 AM ICANN Global Support Center <<a href="mailto:globalsupport@icann.org" target="_blank">globalsupport@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello Ashley,</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Attached, please find the cover letter and the red-lined RRA Amendment for the following TLD(s) submitted by <strong>Nova Registry Ltd</strong> to be shared with your Stakeholder Group: </span></span>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please respond by 23:59 UTC on <strong>15 September 2022</strong> to let us know if your Stakeholder Group has concerns, does not have concerns, or if additional review time is required.If the Stakeholder Group has concerns, ICANN org will continue with the next step of the RRA Amendment Procedure, which is to consult with the RrSG and the Registry Operator to attempt to resolve any such concerns.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Warm Regards,</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Maritza Alarcon</span></span><br>
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