Page History
Project Status:
Board Determination on Final Report in February 2020.
Implementation ongoing/subject to prioritization- refer to the implementation page for more information.
Quick Links:
- RDS-WHOIS2 Final Report (3 September 2019)
- Board resolution on RDS-WHOIS2 Final Report (25 February 2020)
- Scorecard of Board determinations (25 February 2020)
- Board resolution on RDS-WHOIS2 Recommendations Recommendations Board consideration (21 December 2023)
- December 2023 RDS-WHOIS2 Scorecard (21 December 2023)
- Implementation
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Background
The Registration Directory Service
(RDS
)
Review is one of the four Specific Reviews. Under Section 4.6 of the ICANN Bylaws, ICANN is obligated to conduct a "periodic review to assess the effectiveness of the then
current gTLD registry directory service and whether its implementation meets the legitimate needs of law enforcement, promoting consumer trust and safeguarding registrant data
WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS?
("Directory Service Review").
The RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) produced 22 final recommendations for Board consideration and released its RDS-WHOIS2 Final Report on 3 September 2019.
The Board took action on each of the 22 recommendations, as specified within the scorecard titled "Final RDS-WHOIS2 Recommendations – Board Action 25 February 2020":
- 15 recommendations were approved in full or in part.
- 4 recommendations were placed in pending complete. The recommendations are to be considered in light of an impact analysis to be completed after Board action on the Expedited Policy Development Process on Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data (EPDP) Phase 2 recommendations, as appropriate and applicable. The Board subsequently took action on these recommendations on 21 December 2023.
- 2 recommendations were passed in whole or in part.
- 2 recommendations were rejected.
See https://www.icann.org/resources/reviews/specific-reviews/whois for more information.
OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE:
Observe the RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team face-to-face meeting #2 (16-18 April) - See here for more information
Become a RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team Observer
• Observe RDS-WHOIS2 meetings live, click here
• Observe past RDS-WHOIS2 meetings, click here
• Share your input with the RDS-WHOIS2: via their public email list input-to-rds-whois2-rt@icann.org. All emails sent to input-to-rds-whois2-rt@icann.org are archived and may be viewed here.
• Subscribe to the RDS-WHOIS2 mailing list as an observer: send a request to mssi-secretariat@icann.org
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KEY NEWS AND UPDATES:
Blog post: RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team Submits Terms of Reference and Work Plan
27 February 2018 - See here for more information.
Terms of reference & work plan submitted to ICANN Board
09 February 2018 - See here for more information.
ICANN60 - Purpose and Focus of the review
RDS-WHOIS2-RT Leadership confirmed
03 October 2017 - RDS-WHOIS2-RT has confirmed leadership: Alan Greenberg (Chair), Cathrin Bauer-Bulst (Vice-Chair), Susan Kawaguchi (Vice-Chair)
RDS-WHOIS2-RT held its first face-to-face meeting in Brussels.
03 October 2017 - Read the meeting summary.
Selection of the Registration Directory Service (RDS-WHOIS2-RT) Review Team Members Announced
02 Jun 2017 - Today ICANN announced the selection of a 14-member team to conduct the Registration Directory Service Review. Learn more