Welcome! This is the workspace for the Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Program Implementation Review Team (IRT).
Project Status
In 2019, PPSAI Implementation was paused by ICANN org due to overlapping issues with implementation of EPDP Phase 1 and EPDP Phase 2 policy recommendations. ICANN org is currently seeking a group of volunteers to continue the implementation.
A privacy service allows domain name registration in the registrant's name, but all other contact details displayed in the publicly-accessible Registration Data Directory Service (RDDS) are those given by the privacy service provider, not by the registrant.
A proxy service allows the registered name holder to license the use of the domain to a customer who uses the domain, while contact information displayed in the RDDS system is that of the proxy service provider.
Note: An important difference between these two types of services is that for registrations utilizing a privacy service, the service’s customer (the party who uses the domain name) is the legal registrant of the domain. By contrast, where a proxy service is used, the proxy service provider is the Registered Name Holder, and licenses the right to use the name to the proxy service customer.
The GNSO Council initiated a PDP to make recommendations for consistency across proxy and privacy services in the ecosystem. The PDP WG completed a set of recommendations which were adopted by the ICANN Board in 2016. ICANN org began implementation of these recommendations in 2016, supported by a volunteer Implementation Review Team. This implementation work was put on hold in 2019 due to overlapping issues with ongoing work in the GNSO’s Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification, in light of the work to address the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
With the publication of the Registration Data Policy, which implements the EPDP Phase 1 recommendations (see Section 1.1 above), ICANN org is now seeking to convene an IRT to support continuing implementation of the approved policy recommendations. ICANN org shared its planning work including an Implementation Analysis of the PPSAI recommendations at ICANN79. Expected IRT Launch: Q2 2024 at ICANN80
