[NCUC-DISCUSS] Important note on Privacy at ICANN

[Karel Douglas]

Thanks for flagging this indeed.

I'll be very interested to hear these discussions on data protection and
privacy.

Karel

On 22 June 2017 at 18:10, Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu> wrote:

> I would encourage you not only to attend, but to raise your voice in
> protest
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> If you are not outraged already, this blog post my make you so:
> http://www.internetgovernance.org/2017/06/22/how-icann-is-
> manipulating-its-gdpr-discussions/
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> Dr. Milton L Mueller
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> Professor, School of Public Policy <http://spp.gatech.edu/>
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> Georgia Institute of Technology
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> Internet Governance Project
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> http://internetgovernance.org/
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> *From:* Ncuc-discuss [mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] *On
> Behalf Of *farzaneh badii
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:35 PM
> *To:* NCUC-discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
> *Subject:* [NCUC-DISCUSS] Important note on Privacy at ICANN
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> Dear All,
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> As this blog post shows  https://www.icann.org/news/blog/dialogues-on-the-
> evolving-data-privacy-and-protection-regulations ICANN is now thinking
> about how to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation
> ahead of the time. Which is good news because they might, after all, do
> something about privacy.
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> But, and I mentioned this to the CEO, they are working with the registries
> and registrars and I am not sure with who else. We are not sure when and
> where registrants are represented in this task force:
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> " At the direction of ICANN president and CEO Göran Marby, we formed an
> internal GDPR Task Force comprised of senior leaders and subject matter
> experts to focus on this important matter. This team is focused on parallel
> tracks: *contracted parties and engagement, and the ICANN organization*.
> In relation to the latter, an internal review of our operations is
> currently underway."
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> Also the blog invites the Johannesburg attendees and remote participants
> to the cross community session on GDPR. I was involved with organizing that
> session and I argued repeatedly to have a  registrant representative on
> that panel (Stephanie) to no avail. At least I managed to insert
> "registrants" in the description and the group supported that addition. So
> I criticized the way it was arranged. But I do encourage you to attend it:
> https://schedule.icann.org/event/B3ot/gdpr-and-its-
> potential-impact-looking-for-practical-solutions
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> Best
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> Farzaneh
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