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Consent Agenda

Motion to Confirm GNSO Standing Selection Committee (SSC) Members and Leadership for 2024

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       3.The GNSO Council thanks the members, Chair, and Vice-Chair for volunteering to serve on the SSC.

Consent Agenda

Motion to Confirm the GNSO-Nominated Mentor for the 2024 ICANN Fellowship Program

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1. The GNSO confirms the nomination of Mark Datysgeld to serve as an ICANN Fellowship Program Mentor for three consecutive ICANN meetings, beginning with ICANN81.
2. The GNSO Council asks the GNSO Secretariat to communicate the resolved #1 to the staff supporting the ICANN Fellowship Program.
3. The GNSO Council asks the GNSO Secretariat to inform the nominated candidate that he has been selected.
4. The GNSO Council asks the GNSO Secretariat to send a response to those applicants who were not nominated, thanking them for their interest and encouraging them to apply for future opportunities as they arise.

Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team Recommendations #1 and #2 – extending deferral of consideration by six months 

Submitted by Greg DiBiase

Seconded by

Whereas,

The GNSO Council resolved on 17 November 2022 to defer consideration of recommendations #1 and #2 of the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team write up until such time as the Data Processing Agreement (DPA) negotiations between ICANN org and Contracted Parties have completed and there is feedback from ICANN org on if/how it anticipates the requesting and processing of registration data will be undertaken in the context of measuring accuracy, or for six months, whichever is the shorter;

Whereas,

The GNSO Council wrote to ICANN org to obtain this feedback and received a response providing a status update on 14 March 2023 which was also presented during its April 2023 meeting;

1. ICANN org’s work on the scenarios that have been identified to review the accuracy of registration data and the data protection questions that arise from these scenarios is still ongoing;
2. Negotiations between ICANN org and Contracted Parties on a DPA have not completed yet.

Whereas,

ICANN org conducted a comprehensive assessment of the four scenarios and provided an update on Registration Data Accuracy efforts on 19 October 2023, noting specifically:  

1. it is unclear whether [the scenarios] would provide useful data to inform the Accuracy Scoping Team’s efforts;
2. the scenarios are not expected to provide data as it relates to identity verification of the registrant or veracity of the contact information (i.e., the data belongs to the data subject);
3. the costs associated with a full-scale registrar audit may be prohibitive when taking into account the relatively low level of insight the audit may yield;
4. ICANN does not have the authority to mandate collection of nonpublic registration data necessary to conduct reviews outside of auditing current contractual requirements; and
5. ICANN may not be able to demonstrate the purpose of some of the data processing outweighs the rights of the impacted data subject.

Whereas,

The GNSO Council discussed ICANN org’s update during its meeting on 16 November 2023 and

noted that, barring (i) completion of the Data Processing Agreement, (ii) implementation of the NIS2 directive, or (iii) publication of the Inferential Analysis of Maliciously Registered Domains (INFERMAL) Study, it may not be the appropriate time to consider the Accuracy Scoping Team’s recommendations.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council extends the deferral of consideration of recommendations #1 and #2 of the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team write up for an additional six months.
2. The GNSO Council commits to considering the Scoping Team recommendations at an earlier date if DPA negotiations have been completed before six months have passed or another significant event, such as the implementation of the NIS2 directive or the publication Inferential Analysis of Maliciously Registered Domains (INFERMAL) Study, occurs before six months have passed.