• Please note the deadline for submitting comments to the EPDP Team’s Initial Report is 21 December 2018. Due to the restrictive timeline, no extensions will be possible. Please see this announcement for further information.
  • On Tuesday, 27 November, the EPDP Team resumed its deliberations on outstanding items; an initial list of outstanding items can be found here and was shared with EPDP team to review and suggest additional topics. This week, the EPDP Team discussed the next steps in potentially communicating with the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) as foreseen in the Charter in relation to Initial Report and potentially adding an ICANN research purpose for processing registration data.
  • The EPDP Team has decided not to reach out to the EDPB at this time but will keep the GNSO Council informed of any decision to communicate in the future.
  • A Statement of Work (“SOW”) for legal counsel to address specific questions from the EPDP Team was shared for review.
  • As a reminder, the EPDP Team will hold its third F2F meeting from 16 – 18 January, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. The F2F will take place at The Westin Harbour Castle.