<div>All I can say is that it is about time...</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-23-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-23-en</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rinalia <br><div><br></div><div><div class="l-main-with-rail" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:right;margin:0px 0px 0px 7.890625px;width:335px;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.31rem;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;padding:0px 0px 1rem;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(207,207,207);font-weight:500!important"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> Hires First Consumer Safeguards Director</h1><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style u-text-xxxl" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.62rem;margin-bottom:30px"><a class="addthis_button_linkedin u-linkClean u-colorGrey at300b" target="_blank" title="LinkedIn" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-23-en#" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:gray;margin-right:3.34375px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:initial;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important"><span class="fa fa-linkedin" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook u-linkClean u-colorGrey at300b" title="Facebook" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-23-en#" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:gray;margin-right:3.34375px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:initial;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important"><span class="fa fa-facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter u-linkClean u-colorGrey at300b" title="Twitter" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-23-en#" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:gray;margin-right:3.34375px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:initial;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important"><span class="fa fa-twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_sinaweibo u-linkClean u-colorGrey at300b" target="_blank" title="Sina Weibo" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-23-en#" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:gray;margin-right:3.34375px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:initial;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important"><span class="fa fa-weibo" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_email u-linkClean u-colorGrey at300b" target="_blank" title="Email" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-23-en#" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:gray;margin-right:3.34375px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:initial;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important"><span class="fa fa-envelope-o" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="addthis_button_compact u-linkClean u-colorGrey at300m" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-05-23-en#" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:gray;margin-right:3.34375px;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:initial;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important"><span class="fa fa-plus" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><div class="atclear" style="box-sizing:border-box;clear:both"></div></div><div class="EmbeddedHTML" style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">LOS ANGELES – 23 May 2017 – <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>announced today that Bryan Schilling will be joining as the organization's first Consumer Safeguards Director, reporting directly to Jamie Hedlund, SVP Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards. Bryan brings over 15 years of international law and government affairs experience to <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>, the majority of which is derived from working on data privacy and technology issues in the global law enforcement and security space.</p><div class="floatright" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:right;margin-left:1em"><a href="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/bryan-schilling-300x330-23may17-en.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none"><img class="floatright" src="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/bryan-schilling-300x330-23may17-en.jpg" alt="ICANN Hires First Consumer Safeguards Director" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0.5rem; max-width: 98%; height: auto; float: right;"></a></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">Speaking about the role, Schilling commented, "Over the years, I've developed a passion for finding ways to balance the competing rights and needs of individual users, businesses, intellectual property owners and law enforcement."</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">He went on to add, "I'm excited to bring that passion to Jamie's team and to the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>community to raise awareness of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>'s current safeguards, facilitate discussion across stakeholders concerning additional ways <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> could potentially improve its safeguard mechanisms and help the community formulate other collaborative means to address illegal, infringing, and abusive activity impacting the <abbr title="Domain Name System" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">DNS</abbr>."</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">A wide array of strong, experienced candidates applied for the role, but Schilling stood out due to his work on Internet public policy issues with industry, civil society and government. "Bryan's experience, energy and passion are a great addition to <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>," said Hedlund. "He will hit the ground running, meeting with stakeholders in Johannesburg and afterwards to catalyze the community discussion on consumer safeguards. Bryan will apply his strong analytical and engagement skills to facilitate community dialogue on the efficacy of existing consumer safeguards, potential enhancements, limits on <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>'s authority and expertise, and voluntary initiatives to combat abuse."</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">For several years, Bryan served as an Assistant General Counsel with the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Office of General Counsel. Working in the agency's National <abbr title="Security – Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR)" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">Security </abbr>Law Branch, he collaborated with U.S. and international law enforcement officers, prosecutors and analysts on cross-border terrorism matters. He also provided legal support to criminal and cyber investigations including matters impacting the Internet and the <abbr title="Domain Name" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">Domain Name</abbr>System.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">After the FBI, Bryan went on to work for global technology and manufacturing companies, including Microsoft and Google. In those roles, he worked with his colleagues, non-governmental organizations, industry counterparts and government agencies on cross-border regulatory compliance matters, cybersecurity, privacy, transparency, and legal issues surrounding government access to user data.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">Bryan began his legal career in private practice in Washington, D.C. and he is a graduate of the George Washington University School of Law and the University of Cincinnati's College of Arts and Sciences.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">Bryan will work out of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>'s Los Angeles office starting 1 June 2017.</p></div></div><div class="l-rail" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:none;margin:0px;width:335px;clear:both;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><h5 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:300;margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px!important">Details</h5><ul class="news-related-items" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;height:inherit;margin:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding:10px 0px;font-size:0.85rem"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:border-box;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> Announcements</li></ul></div></div></div>