Statement for GNSO on TPR report

[farzaneh badii]

Thanks so much Ken. I read it out.

Farzaneh


On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM Ken Herman <ken at kherman.com> wrote:

> Hello NCSG members:
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> At today’s NCSG Policy Committee Meeting (2 of 2) at ICANN82, we discussed
> the Transfer Policy Working Group’s report to the GNSO Council meeting
> tomorrow. We heard a description of the key issues, which I summarized in a
> recent message to this list and explored some of the more challenging
> issues.
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> The policy committee agreed to support the report and its recommendations,
> and to deliver a short statement on behalf of our stakeholder group.
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> I have drafted (with some collegial assistance) the following text that
> the NCSG councilors may wish to say to the Council.
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> Ken
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> Draft NCSG Statement to the GNSO on Transfer Policy Review Report
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> The NCSG appreciates the consideration given to issues of importance to
> the non-commercial community by the Transfer Policy Review Working Group.
> Even though not all our comments were fully accepted, we remain satisfied
> that the recommendations included in the final report streamline and
> facilitate the transfer processes. We look forward to learning how some of
> the challenging issues, such as registrant participation in transfer
> disputes and the standalone change of registrant data policy, will develop.
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> We know that the security and integrity of the transfer process remains a
> key issue for all stakeholders, including NCSG, and we welcome the working
> group’s focus on this issue. We recognize that although security begins
> with registry account protection, this rightfully remains outside the scope
> of transfer policy. Nevertheless, as the world moves into a period of
> growing instability and increasing cybersecurity risks, the challenge to
> all registrants only grows, but especially for many of the civil society
> organizations that we represent. Therefore, we call on all stakeholders in
> the domain name management environment to strengthen cybersecurity
> protections, both internally by applying robust cybersecurity practices,
> and for their customers, by offering services like multi-factor
> authentication, and for public-facing actors like registrars to publicize
> how they are enhancing their security practices and offerings so
> registrants can make informed decisions when selecting a registrar that
> meets their needs.
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> Thank you.
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