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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I agree!<br>
      Kathy<br>
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      cite="mid:90E22832-15DA-473D-99BE-CB650E11F071@mail.utoronto.ca"
      type="cite">Here is what we put in the comments, with a minor edit
      and new bits in red at the end.  I think it works. :
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          Calibri; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
            18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#fd353a">On the
              subject of privacy, as raised in the the EWG report:</font>
             We completely agree that:“As a major player in
            the ecosystem of the Internet, as the multi-‐stakeholder group which sets policy for
            the collection, use and disclosure of personal information </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">related </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">to </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">domain </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">names, </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">it </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">is </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">important </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">for </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">ICANN </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">to </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">show </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">corporate </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">responsibility
            in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
            18px; ">promoting </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
            style="font-size: 18px; ">global </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">compliance </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">with </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">best </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">practices </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">in </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">data </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">protection.”</span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">As </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">noted </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">in </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">EWG </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">report, </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">“the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">European </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Union </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">has </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">now </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">agreed </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">on </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">what </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">needs </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">to </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">be </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">found </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">in </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">binding </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">corporate </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">rules </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">for </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">international </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">corporations </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">and </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">entities </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">which h</span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">old </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">and </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">transfer </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">personal </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">data”</span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">(page</span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">32).  </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">This </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">will </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">be </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">a </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">critical </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">step </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">forward </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">when </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">ICANN </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">adopts </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">it </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">at </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">request </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">of </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">EWG. </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">It </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">will </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">create </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">better </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">compliance </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">with </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">data </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">protection </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">laws </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">in </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">many </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">countries </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">that </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">have </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">these </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">national </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">laws, </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">including </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Japan, </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">S.</span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Korea, </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Canada </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">and </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">European </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Union </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">nations. </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Given </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">current </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">crisis </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">in </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Internet </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">governance, </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">it </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">is </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">high </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">time </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">that </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">ICANN </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">indicated </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">its </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">global </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">understanding </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">of </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">relevant </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">data </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">protection </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">law </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">around </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">world, </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">and </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">adopted </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">binding </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">corporate </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">rules </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">that </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">harmonize </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">its </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">data </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">protection </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">practices </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">in </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">a </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">manner </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">that </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">meets </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the</span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> standards </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">expected </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">by </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">many </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">jurisdictions </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">with </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">data </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">protection </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">law. </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">While </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">we </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">note </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">that </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">issue </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">of </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">binding </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">corporate </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">rules </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">is </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">under </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">discussion </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">at </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">EU </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">in </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">the </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">context </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">of </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">impending </span><span
            class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">data
            protection regulation, this is no reason for ICANN to
            refrain from moving forward, as an international
            organization operating in jurisdictions with data protection
            law that applies not just to customers, but to staff and
            volunteers as well.  This action is long overdue and we
            applaud the EWG for raising it.  <font
              class="Apple-style-span" color="#fd353a">We will work on
              any PDP that is struck to implement this proposal, and we
              encourage the Board to show leadership in this time of
              Internet crisis and adopt a less US-based stance to the
              issue of data protection.  The global community is looking
              for true globalization initiatives, this is a good one and
              an easy one.  </font></span></div>
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            18px;">Cheers Stephanie</span></div>
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          <div>On 2014-03-12, at 9:14 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:</div>
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            <div dir="ltr">Hi Stephanie,
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              <div>thanks for the comment, it reminds when we suggested
                to ICANN board and CEO to investigate the possibility to
                join GNI (Global Network Initiative) framework  for
                example.</div>
              <div>can you please phrase your comment in short
                description so we can use it during the discussion?</div>
              <div>we have netmundial proposal too .</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Best,</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Rafik</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">2014-03-12 0:29 GMT+09:00
                  Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                      target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>></span>:<br>
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                    <div style="word-wrap:break-word">At the risk of
                      sounding like a one-trick pony, it seems a
                      propitious time to comment to the Board that ICANN
                      should take a more proactive stance on privacy
                      protection, given the current controversy, and
                      enact binding corporate rules for its global
                      operations.  Just a statement.  
                      <div>
                        I think, in the context of what Bill is
                        proposing, that we should use the time to point
                        out that we believe in multi-stakeholderism and
                        we go around the globe promoting it to our more
                        cynical colleagues in civil society, but they
                        have to give us a break.  Time to grow up and
                        make it more real.  </div>
                      <div>cheers Stephanie</div>
                      <div>PS and we need funding to go to Netmundial.
                        :-)
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                              <div>On 2014-03-11, at 6:59 AM, William
                                Drake wrote:</div>
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                                <div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi fik
                                  <div><br>
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                                  <div>Understood, but I believe we
                                    should discuss with the board the
                                    actual substantive focus and
                                    implementation of their advisory
                                    groups as a stand alone item.
                                     Folding this into broader generic
                                    discussion of 'Top-down vs
                                    Bottom-up’ will result in us leaving
                                    with little real insight or
                                    engagement on the issues and how
                                    they’ll be addressed.</div>
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                                  <div>Bill</div>
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                                      <div>On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:40 AM,
                                        Rafik Dammak <<a
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                                        wrote:</div>
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                                        <div dir="ltr">Hi Bill,
                                          <div><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>Thanks for the comment,
                                            the issue of Globalization
                                            Advisory Group is among the
                                            proposal #3 (I made the
                                            mistake to use the acronym
                                            GAG...). indeed it is new
                                            matter to discuss about with
                                            the board and understand
                                            what they are planning with
                                            such setup.</div>
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                                              17:57 GMT+09:00 William
                                              Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                                                      <div>On Mar 10,
                                                        2014, at 12:19
                                                        PM, Rafik Dammak
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                                                          the meeting
                                                          with the
                                                          board, we
                                                          should send to
                                                          them the
                                                          topics to
                                                          discuss , we
                                                          have some
                                                          proposals and
                                                          would like to
                                                          get membership
                                                          feedback and
                                                          suggestions:</div>
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                                                          * Netmundial</blockquote>
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                                                          Reconsideration
                                                          process for
                                                          TMCH+50
                                                          (Trademark
                                                          Clearing House
                                                          )</div>
                                                          <div>*
                                                          Top-down vs
                                                          Bottom-up
                                                          approaches:
                                                          GAG, strategic
                                                          panels, expert
                                                          groups vs PDP</div>
                                                          <div>*
                                                          IANA/ICANN
                                                          globalisation </div>
                                                          <div>* Missing
                                                          Nomcom seat
                                                          for NPOC</div>
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                                                  <div>I suggest we talk
                                                    to them about the
                                                    President’s
                                                    Globalization
                                                    Advisory Groups.  As
                                                    this is new,
                                                    important, not
                                                    something we’ve
                                                    talked about before,
                                                    and they’re the ones
                                                    doing it, they might
                                                    actually have
                                                    something to say
                                                    about it. <a
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/globalization-19feb14-en.pdf"
                                                      target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/globalization-19feb14-en.pdf</a>.
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                                                  <div>Bill</div>
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                                      William J. Drake<br>
                                      International Fellow
                                      & Lecturer<br>
                                        Media Change & Innovation
                                      Division, IPMZ<br>
                                        University of
                                      Zurich, Switzerland<br>
                                      Chair, Noncommercial Users
                                      Constituency, <br>
                                        ICANN, <a
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                                        target="_blank">www.ncuc.org</a><br>
                                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch"
                                        target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com"
                                        target="_blank">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>
                                      (lists),<br>
                                        <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="http://www.williamdrake.org/"
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