[council] DATA RETENTION WAIVER OVH SAS

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I had meant to send an email about this earlier, but then the U.S. gov decided 
to steal the spotlight and attention (including mine) from most other issues. I 
was curious about the process and circumstances regarding this announcement:

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-12mar14-en.htm

Last year, the EU's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party sent a letter to 
ICANN 
(http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/kohnstamm-to-crocker-chehade-06jun13-en),
 requesting waivers to EU-based registrars, but ICANN did not seem to respond 
in agreement in their reply 
(http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/jeffrey-to-kohnstamm-20sep13-en).

So what changed? Was the ICANN Procedure For Handling Conflicts with Privacy 
Law used? Was it something else? I believe this is something worth taking 
notice of, especially with the ongoing WHOIS activities?

I can’t seem to find any details? Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

Amr