Important update on ICANN and WHOIS GDPR Compliance

[Ayden Férdeline]

Great work, Stephanie.

I was particularly pleased to read that the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party letter referred to the recent report published by the Berlin Group. Some in the ICANN community had tried to diminish this report - some of whom even conceded they didn't read it - simply because they were not familiar with this entity, so it is great to learn today that their papers are held in such esteem by a body whose words will be read over and over again by ICANN. Hopefully more members of the ICANN community read that paper, too.

Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline

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On 12 April 2018 11:02 PM, Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA> wrote:

> Thanks both for your kind words, it buoys the spirits indeed!  we are a long way from the end of this particular struggle, but it is great to get support of the positions we have taken.
>
> Stephanie
>
> On 2018-04-12 16:58, Michael Karanicolas wrote:
>
>> This is really excellent stuff. I would like to echo Farzaneh's words
>> about Stephanie, and her tireless and excellent work on this issue,
>> which is invaluable to our own advocacy.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 4:18 PM, farzaneh badii
>> [<farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>](mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear NCSG members,
>>>
>>> Please find attached the Article 29 WP letter in response to our letter
>>> about ICANN WHOIS compliance with GDPR.
>>>
>>> It is quite a refreshing letter. Almost all of the concerns we raised
>>> regarding the model have been confirmed by the Art 29 WP. They have pointed
>>> out ICANN's WHOIS Compliance model shortcomings based on GDPR.
>>>
>>> We have been very effective so far in this process (though a law had to come
>>> into effect to help us a little bit). But we should celebrate this
>>> effectiveness, laws have most of the time been helping other causes and not
>>> ours!
>>>
>>> I would like to also thank Stephanie Perrin for her great work on this
>>> issue.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Farzaneh
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