[registrars] FW: [alerts] ICANN News Alerts -- Implementation of Registrar Data Escrow Program

["Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: [alerts] ICANN News Alerts -- Implementation of Registrar Data
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ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> 


News Alert


http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-09nov07.htm

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Implementation of Registrar Data Escrow Program


9 November 2007

ICANN has concluded negotiations and entered into an agreement with Iron
Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc. to provide escrow
services under ICANN's Registrar Data Escrow (RDE) program. ICANN
selected Iron Mountain through a competitive Request for Proposals
process concluded earlier this year.

Under the data escrow provision of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement
(RAA), all ICANN-accredited registrars must regularly deposit a backup
copy of their gTLD registration data with ICANN through ICANN's
arrangement with Iron Mountain or they may elect to use a Third Party
Provider of RDE services that has been approved by ICANN. The data held
in escrow may be released to ICANN upon termination of a registrar's
accreditation agreement or expiration of the accreditation agreement
without renewal to facilitate transfer of registrations from the failed
registrar to another registrar. ICANN plans to have all accredited
registrars enrolled in the RDE program within the next six months. 

"The vast majority of ICANN-accredited registrars offer high levels of
service and integrity," said Dr. Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO.
"But as we have seen, there is the risk that a poorly performing
registrar can hurt registrants significantly. ICANN's Registrar Data
Escrow program provides an important additional layer of protection for
registrants."

ICANN and Iron Mountain will begin enrolling registrars in the RDE
program immediately. Registrars who elect to use Iron Mountain's escrow
service will be required to enter into a standardized agreement with
ICANN and Iron Mountain
<http://www.icann.org/rde/registrar-data-escrow-agreement-09nov07.pdf>
[PDF, 49K]. Escrow agents who wish to apply for approval as a Third
Party Provider (TPP) should review ICANN's TPP Approval Criteria
<http://www.icann.org/rde/tpp-approval-criteria-09nov07.pdf>  [PDF, 21K]
and TPP Approval Process Diagram
<http://www.icann.org/rde/tpp-approval-process-09nov07.pdf>  [PDF,
121K], and submit a completed TPP Application [PDF
<http://www.icann.org/rde/tpp-application-09nov07.pdf> , 21K, MS Word
<http://www.icann.org/rde/tpp-application-09nov07.doc> , 61K] to ICANN.
All registrars and escrow agents must comply with ICANN's RDE
Specifications <http://www.icann.org/rde/rde-specs-09nov07.pdf>  [PDF,
33K].

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