<div style="line-height:1.7;color:#000000;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial"><div style="line-height:1.7;color:#000000;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial"><div>Dear Milton Mueller,</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for your response.</div><div><br /></div><div>I need to make a further clarification. The words used in China Cybersecurity Law is <b><i>t</i></b><b><i>he service provider of domain name registration service, </i></b>which might not only be explained as Registrar. </div><div><br /></div><div>According to article 2 of China Domain Name Registration Regulation(互联网域名管理办法), the domain name service is not only about the basic domain name registration service provided by registar, but also contains the operation of root server and TLD. Therefore, ICANN and all registry have business in China might also deal with this problem, just like what we do in EPDP to deal with the problem caused by EU GDPR.</div><div><br /></div><div>I cer<span style="font-family: Arial;">tainly understand ICANN i</span>s<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> a global governance regime not a national one. However, if I am not having misunderstood about EPDP, the whole issue is raised because of GDPR. </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I don't think EU GDPR is </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">superior</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> than </span>China Cybersecurity Law or any other country's national law, although EU GDPR might have bigger political influence. Even though we might finally develop a policy about allowing the registrant to choose about it's identification between Legal Person/ Natural Person in the end, which might go through a very long discussion and PDP process, such a policy choice could still have a potential compliance risk in China. </div><div><br /></div><div>Since the question 8 of EPDP Team Question for Community Input is to seek the legal and regulatory considerations not yet considered in this Initial
Report, I certainly believe to mention about China Cybersecurity Law as a legal considerations is not a misunderstanding.</div><div><br /></div><div>FYI, sorry I don't find the english version of China Domain Name Registration Regulation, you may check the Chinese version here:</div><div><a href="http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/28/c_1121737753.htm." _src="http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/28/c_1121737753.htm.">http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/28/c_1121737753.htm.</a> </div><div>I hope Google translate might help you understand the article 2.</div><div><br /></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="position:relative;zoom:1">--<br /><div>Zhou Heng</div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Assistant Researcher<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hunan Academy of Social Science</span></p></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><br />发件人:"Mueller, Milton L" <milton@gatech.edu><br />发送日期:2021-07-16 23:02:07<br />收件人:Zhou Heng <socata@RUC.EDU.CN>,"NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" <NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU><br />主题:RE: Public Comment Call for Volunteers - Input on the Initial Report of the Phase 2A EPDP<br /><blockquote id="isReplyContent" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I think you are misunderstanding two things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">These comments apply to ICANN policies, not to the national law of China. We are talking about what ICANN’s contracted parties are required or recommended
to do. China can regulate registrars in its own jurisdiction any way it likes, but that is a problem for China’s registrars. ICANN’s global policies are a separate thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">“Real identity” in Chinese law refers to personal information (name, national ID #, etc.). This is separate from the issue of whether the registration
pertains to a company/organization. That relationship can be ambiguous, as our comments note, and saying that a registration requires “real identity information” does not eliminate that ambiguity. Are you talking about the identity of the organization or the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Keep in mind that ICANN is a global governance regime not a national one. Chinese registrars do have to comply with Chinese laws but no one else does.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dr. Milton L Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Zhou Heng<br />
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 15, 2021 4:52 AM<br />
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: Public Comment Call for Volunteers - Input on the Initial Report of the Phase 2A EPDP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and regulatory considerations not yet considered in this Initial Report, that may inform Registries and Registrars in deciding whether and how to differentiate, and if so, how?</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I want to provide some information about China Network Security Law(</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black">中</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft JhengHei",sans-serif;color:black">华人民共和</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black">国网</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft JhengHei",sans-serif;color:black">络安全法</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">),
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Article 24 </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Where network operators provide network access and
<b>domain registration services for users</b>, handle network access formalities for fixed-line or mobile phone users, or provide users with information release services, instant messaging services and other services,
<b>they shall require users to provide true identity information</b> when signing agreements with users or confirming the provision of services. If any user fails to provide his or her true identify information, the network operator shall not provide him or
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Manju Chen" <<a href="mailto:manju@NII.ORG.TW">manju@NII.ORG.TW</a>><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft JhengHei",sans-serif;color:black">发送日期:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2021-07-15 12:37:49<br />
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black">主</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft JhengHei",sans-serif;color:black">题:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Re: Public
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Stephanie and I have drafted the NCSG's comment to the EPDP Phase 2A Initial Report as below:<br />
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Since the comment was supposed to be submitted via google forms, I copied and pasted the questions to the above google doc. You can find the questions marked in dark yellow and the response we drafted right underneath. Hope this will make it easier for you
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A draft Google doc for the comment can be found here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BFpUPM26ZjKolabEdDQFh7tRWCBBHpix4CFWr2H-mko/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">
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