Re: [ga] Registerfly & Data Escrow

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your input and participation Jon. We appreciate hearing from your constituency on matters like this.

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nevett, Jonathon 
  To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:42 AM
  Subject: FW: [ga] Registerfly & Data Escrow


  <My question to you:  Is the registrar community generally in compliance with data escrow provisions,

  <or do we still have a major problem that remains unaddressed by ICANN's Compliance Staff?  

   

  Danny:

   

  Let me field this one.  

   

  Just so we are on the same page, Section 3.6 of the RAA provides for the following:  

   

  "During the Term of this Agreement, on a schedule, under the terms, and in the format specified by ICANN, Registrar shall submit an electronic copy of the database . . . to ICANN or, at Registrar's election and at its expense, to a reputable escrow agent . . . ."

   

  Every registrar currently is in technical compliance with this provision because ICANN has never implemented a schedule, terms, or a format of the escrow arrangement.  Notwithstanding, reputable registrars have implemented escrow-type arrangements on their own in order to protect their customers.

   

  Over the past year or so, ICANN has been discussing implementing the schedule, terms, and format for a registrar escrow arrangement.  On behalf of Network Solutions, I provided comments on the draft in June 2006, but I believe only one other registrar provided comments.  Hopefully, the RegisterFly situation is a wake-up call to ICANN and the registrar community to get together to implement an appropriate escrow arrangement.  I also hope it is a wake-up call to the registrant community to be very careful in making purchasing decisions.  Registrants should only buy registration services from reputable registrars.

   

  Thanks.

   

  Jon Nevett

  Chair, ICANN Registrar Constituency