ICANN has appointed a Chief Data Protection Officer

[Michael Oghia]

I agree too Stephanie, excellent points David.

Would anyone support us as the NCSG requesting a formal response to David's
points (and a formal explanation as to the motivation behind Mr. Halloran's
appointment)?

Best,
-Michael

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> I totally agree David, and as someone who last worked in risk management,
> if I were the CEO looking at this mess right now I would be asking hard
> questions of the people who have advised the Board to just ignore the data
> protection commissioners for the past 17 years.  First position paper on
> WHOIS being illegal was in 2000.  Makes a heck of an easy case to take to
> Court....
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> On 2017-07-31 03:33, David Cake wrote:
>
> I admit I find this development disappointing.
> While it is a sign (along with the GDPR task force established at the last
> meeting) that ICANN has finally understood the significance of its
> downplaying and avoidance of the GDPR and other international data
> protection law over the last few years, it is disappointing that:
>  a) ICANN is still not taking the issue that seriously, as it is in
> addition to existing Deputy General Counsel duties, so represents a limited
> allocation of resources to the issue;
> b) is a missed opportunity to bring additional experience and expertise
> into the organisation, expertise ICANN desperately needs (and is currently
> relying on its volunteers to provide);
> c) is continuing to the have the issue managed by the same team whose
> denial and obstinate avoidance of the issue has led to the organisation now
> facing a crisis;
> d) continues a pattern of having ICANN legal be put in charge of areas
> where it is largely responsible for continued organisation dysfunction, so
> effectively being given the opportunity to manage criticism but not given
> any strong inventive to admit to past mistakes. .
>
> David
>
>
>
> On 29 Jul 2017, at 3:32 am, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:
>
> ICANN has now appointed someone
> <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/introducing-icann-s-chief-data-protection-officer-cdpo>
> to the role of "Chief Data Protection Officer". Daniel Halloran, who in his
> bio is described as "one of ICANN's longest-serving employees" and reports
> directly to John Jeffrey, does not list his experience in establishing
> privacy frameworks nor their associated compliance structures in his bio.
> That said, I wish him all the best in this new role and look forward to
> seeing how ICANN's understanding of data protection law evolves over the
> coming months now that this position has been created...
>
> Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline
>
>
>
>
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