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Dear Community Leaders:



https://www.icann.org/news/blog/improving-our-planning-and-preparation



*Improving our Planning and Preparation*

Over the last year, we all have worked hard to understand the European
Commission’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation. One
question that has been asked many times is: why didn’t we start the process
earlier? I guess there are many answers to that question, but one might be
lack of awareness. GDPR is, to my understanding, the first time a local law
has an effect on the community’s ability to create policies, impact the
scope of pending policy work, set limits on future policies, and impact
contractual enforcement – but it surely will not be the last.



ICANN is not a political institution, and there are many things that are
not and should not be in our mission, but we need to be better prepared.
It’s becoming increasingly important that we, as both an org and a
community, pay closer attention to any potential legislative efforts that
may impact ICANN’s mission or operations. After several discussions with
you during ICANN meetings, we decided to assemble a list of legislative
proposals that could have an effect on current policies and future policy
development.



This reporting effort is intended to help us look at how these legislative
initiatives impact ICANN and avoid unintended consequences; the effort is
not focused on how ICANN can inform and impact the development of any
legislation.



Being able to identify any legislative efforts early-on is critical to
ensuring that we’re prepared for any impacts those efforts may have on
issues within ICANN’s remit. It also affords an opportunity for
stakeholders and the community to provide factual information on how the
technology works to avoid unintended consequences of legislative efforts.
But, just as importantly, we’re interested in the ICANN community’s views
and inputs on new legislative and regulatory efforts, and hearing your
thoughts on how those efforts might impact ICANN and its mission. We can
have early, collective discussions on issues such as how to address
potential policy impacts, or how ICANN community participants – including
members of the Governmental Advisory Committee – might help spread broader
understanding of ICANN’s role in the wider Internet governance ecosystem,
or other ideas to inform, educate and prepare for impacts on the work we
undertake to execute our mission.



As ICANN’s President and CEO, part of my remit is ensuring the ICANN org is
ready for any and all challenges that may impact the way we operate and
support the community. To this end, I’ve asked that our Governmental
Engagement (GE) team begin identifying and regularly reporting on
high-impact legislative developments around the world. This is a new
effort, so we may change the format and some other details as we hear
feedback from you. Please review the initial report
<https://www.icann.org/legislative-report>, and let us know your comments
on this blog.



We see this as a joint effort between the ICANN org and the community, so
we want to hear from you regarding any high-impact developments in the
e-privacy and cybersecurity ecosystem that should be tracked in this
report. We encourage you to provide our GE and Global Stakeholder
Engagement (GSE) teams with information on new developments in your region,
or leave comments here on this blog. The aim is to provide useful
information for you. I hope that you appreciate the effort and look forward
to your input if we missed something.







David A. Olive
Senior Vice President

Policy Development Support
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)



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