<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Dear All:</div><div><br></div><div>This is great news!! Article 29 Working <br>Party has sent a letter to ICANN to inform it that the proposed RAA amendments violate European Privacy laws. This intervention is in response to the letter NCUC sent to privacy officials this summer.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Nas, mw. drs. S. (CBP)" <<a href="mailto:s.nas@cbpweb.nl">s.nas@cbpweb.nl</a>><br><b>Date:</b> September 27, 2012 3:15:22 AM PDT<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au">dave@difference.com.au</a>'" <<a href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au">dave@difference.com.au</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> CBP - sectie Internationaal <<a href="mailto:CBPint@CBPweb.nl">CBPint@CBPweb.nl</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>letter from the Article 29 Working Party to ICANN</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Dear Robin, dear David,</span><br><span></span><br><span>In response to your request from 1 August 2012 to the Article 29 Working Party regarding the revision of ICANN's contract with registrars, the Working Party has indeed intervened with a letter, sent yesterday, to the ICANN Board Chair and CEO.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Please find the letter attached.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I would be happy to hear from you, also in case of new developments impacting on the privacy of people registering a domain name.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Yours sincerely,</span><br><span>Sjoera Nas, Dutch DPA</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></body></html>