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Registrar Accreditation Agreement (view source)
Revision as of 15:43, 11 October 2012
, 11 years ago→Development
===Development===
===Development===
In September, 2012, a working group related to the [[European Commission]] sent a letter to [[ICANN]] warning that its proposed additions to the RAA would infringe on European Privacy laws. The issues in question are the proposals to make registrars retain data about their customers for up to two years after registration, and by the idea that registrars should re-verify contact data every year. These proposals were discussed and supported by the [[GAC]] and the law enforcement voices within ICANN at [[ICANN 44]] in Prague. This is potentially conflicting given that the GAC supported these measures and this pan-European body is coming down against it.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10606-european-privacy-watchdog-says-icanns-whois-demands-are-unlawful European Privacy Watchdog Says ICANNs WhoisDemands Are Unlawful, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
In September, 2012, a working group related to the [[European Commission]] sent a letter to [[ICANN]] warning that its proposed additions to the RAA would infringe on European Privacy laws. The issues in question are the proposals to make registrars retain data about their customers for up to two years after registration, and by the idea that registrars should re-verify contact data every year. These proposals were discussed and supported by the [[GAC]] and the law enforcement voices within ICANN at [[ICANN 44]] in Prague. This is potentially conflicting given that the GAC supported these measures and this pan-European body is coming down against it.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10606-european-privacy-watchdog-says-icanns-whois-demands-are-unlawful European Privacy Watchdog Says ICANNs WhoisDemands Are Unlawful, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
In October, 2012, just before the [[ICANN 45]] Meeting in Toronto, [[ICANN CEO]] [[Fadi Chehadé]] stated that due to European privacy laws, European [[registrar]]s may be exempt from the proposed new [[Whois]] verification requirements. It was emphasized that the GAC had already endorsed the measures, with relevant laws in mind. This suggestion would seemingly create 2 different RAAs, which would arguably create inequitable standards between international registrars.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10734-icann-says-eu-registrars-could-be-exempt-from-stringent-new-whois-rules ICANN Says EU Registrars Could be Exempt from Stringent new Whois Rules]</ref> This came after another European body, the Council of Europe, expressed its concern over the privacy requirements in the proposed RAA.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10744-council-of-europe-has-whois-privacy-concerns-too Council of Europe Has Whois Privacy Concerns too, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
==Contents of RAA==
==Contents of RAA==