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DATA RETENTION WAIVER<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH</h3>
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CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH ("Registrar") submitted to <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> a
Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") pursuant to Section 3 of the Data Retention Specification of the 2013<abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr>,
which provides that if a registrar is subject to the same applicable law that gave rise to <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>'s
request to grant a previous data retention waiver under the 2013 <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr>,
a registrar may request that<abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> grant
a similar waiver, which request shall be approved by <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>,
unless <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> provides
Registrar with a reasonable justification for not approving such request.</p>
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Registrar's Waiver Request cites the previous data retention waivers granted by <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> to
RegistryGate GmbH, ingenit GmbH & Co. KG, and 1APl GmbH on the basis of its contention that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr> violates
applicable law in Germany.</p>
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See <<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-07-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-07-en</a>></p>
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<<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-08-07-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-08-07-en</a>></p>
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<<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2014-08-07-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2014-08-07-en</a>></p>
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Registrar and each of the registrars granted a waiver as cited above aredomiciled in Germany and subject to German law, and <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> has
determined that it is appropriate to grant Registrar a data retention waiver similar to the waivers previously granted to RegistryGate GmbH, ingenit GmbH & Co. KG, and 1APl GmbH.</p>
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<abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> hereby
grants Registrar a limited waiver from compliance with certain provisions of the 2013 <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr>on
the following terms:</p>
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as follows:</p>
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(a) The Registrar shall remain obliged to retain all data elements specified in Articles 1.1.1 through 1.1.8 of the Specification for the duration of its sponsorship of the Registration and for a period of two (2) additional years thereafter; however, Registrar
will be permitted to block the data elements specified in Articles 1.1.1 through 1.1.8 of the Specification in accordance with blocking requirements under applicable law (see Sec. 35 para. 3 German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG)
at the earliest after one year following the end of the Registrar's sponsorship of the Registration, provided that the rights of data subjects under Sec. 35 para 2 second sentence BDSG shall remain unaffected.</p>
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(b) Registrar may exclude from the data retention obligation in the Specification any data elements specified in Articles 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 of the Specification which constitute usage data in the meaning of Sec. 13 para. 4 no. 2 German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz
– TMG), unless those data are subject to retention periods prescribed by law or statutes or agreed by contract between Registrar and registrant and retained in accordance with Sec. 13 para. 4 no. 2, sentence 2 TMG.</p>
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(c) Registrar may block the data elements specified in Articles 1.2.1, 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 in accordance with blocking requirements under applicable law (see Sec. 35 para. 3 BDSG) at the earliest after one year following the end of the Registrar's sponsorship of
the Registration, provided that the rights of data subjects under Sec. 35 para 2 second sentence BDSG shall remain unaffected.</p>
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(d) It is acknowledged that a transfer of any retained blocked data elements without consent of the data subject is permissible, if the requirements of the exception in Sec. 35 para. 8 BDSG are met.</p>
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In all other respects the terms of the Specification will remain <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">AS</abbr> IS.
The waiver granted to Registrar applies only to the post-sponsorship period of retention of the data listed in Articles 1.1.1 through 1.1.8 and Articles 1.2.1 through 1.2.3 inclusive of the Specification, and it does not constitute a waiver of any other provisions
of the 2013 <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr> or
other <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> policies
applicable to registrars. Without limiting the foregoing, nothing in this waiver limits Registrar's obligation to comply with <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Consensus</abbr> Policies
or Temporary Policies developed and adopted in accordance with<abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>'s
Bylaws ("<abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Policies")
or limits Registrar's obligation to comply with any amendment, supplement or modification of the 2013 <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr> approved
and adopted in accordance with the terms of the 2013 <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr> ("<abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr> Amendments").
In the event of any inconsistency between this waiver and the terms of any <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Policy
or <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr> Amendment,
the terms of the <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Policy
or <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr>Amendment
will control.</p>
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The waiver granted to Registrar shall remain in effect for the duration of the term of the 2013 <abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">RAA</abbr>signed
by Registrar.</p>
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<abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: inherit; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> notes
that the provisions of Section 3 of the Specification will apply to similar waivers requested by other registrars that are located in Germany and subject to German law.</p>
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