<html><body><div>This is exactly what I complained about. Tijani, Bastiaan, Hadia and my comments are NOT there.</div><div><br /></div><div>So Evin, please work with Jonathan to track down any and all comments made on this issue - and then the two of you make sure the link to this page is on the policy page front and centre. Otherwise, we risk not capturing what ALAC members think.</div><div><br /></div><div>(and Alan's explanation would also be useful as an introduction to the issue - together with any additional such as the fact that we are in the process of selecting ALAC members for the EPDP - and when they are named, list them on the page</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br /></div><div>Holly<br /></div>
<br /><blockquote><br />----- Original Message -----<br /><div style="width:100%;background:rgb(228,228,228);"><div style="font-weight:bold;">From:</div> "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca></div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">To:</div>"ALAC-Announce" <alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "AFRALO" <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "APRALO" <apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "EURALO" <euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "LACRALO-EN" <lac-discuss-en@icann.org>, "NA-Discuss" <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</div>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:35:31 -0400<br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</div>[ALAC-Announce] Call for comments<br /><br /><br />
As I hope you are all aware, due to the European General Data <br />
Protection Regulations (GDPR), access to some gTLD Domain Name <br />
registrant information (WHOIS) is being restricted. Traditionally, <br />
for a registrant who did not use a proxy service a WHOIS Query would <br />
reveal their full name, address, phone number and e-mail address. If <br />
you do a lookup for one of my addresses today you will see almost <br />
nothing! Try looking up alangreenberg.org at https://whois.icann.org.<br /><br />
This increases privacy for some registrants and also makes <br />
information harder to access for those who currently use WHOIS.<br /><br />
There are serious monetary fines associated with GDPR, so compliance <br />
is important.<br /><br />
In addressing the new regulations, there has been a lot of discussion <br />
within ICANN over the last year. A GNSO Policy Development Process <br />
(PDP) started about 2 years ago which should have provided a new <br />
system (now called a Registration Directory Service (RDS) instead of <br />
WHOIS), but unfortunately that process has not completed in sufficient time.<br /><br />
As a result, to meet the GDPR deadline of 25 May 2018, the ICANN <br />
Board implemented a Temporary Specification Policy to allow us and <br />
our contracted parties (Registrars and Registries) to be <br />
GDPR-compliant. That temporary policy must be replaced by a permanent <br />
one within one year - a VERY short time for ICANN policy development.<br /><br />
The GNSO is starting an Expedited PDP which can complete faster than <br />
a regular PDP. The ALAC is being given two Members in the this group. <br />
We need to establish what our guiding principles are.<br /><br />
Please visit https://community.icann.org/x/_YlHBQ, read what others <br />
think, and contribute your thoughts on what positions we should be taking<br /><br />
Alan<br /><br />
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