Re: [council] DATA RETENTION WAIVER OVH SAS

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Volker and Marika. I had missed the preliminary notice in January. After 
a quick Google search, I couldn’t find any links to OVH’s application for a 
waiver. Is that publicly archived?

Thanks again.

Amr

On Mar 17, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Marika Konings <marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> To add to Volker's response, the process used to request this waiver under
> the 2013 RAA can be found here:
> http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/updates/retention. Further
> information about this specific request can also be found here:
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jan14-en.htm.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Marika
> 
> On 17/03/14 12:03, "Volker Greimann" <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Amr,
>> 
>> nothin has changed. The reason OVH got their waiver because in their
>> application they only asked for what ICANN sees as a "compromise
>> solution" that does not really meet the legal requirements of most
>> European registrars.
>> 
>> Volker
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Am 17.03.2014 11:58, schrieb Amr Elsadr:
>>> 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 can¹t seem to find any details? Can someone point me in the right
>>> direction?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Amr