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Project Status:

  • (tick) Board Determination on Final Report in February 2020.

  • (star)Implementation ongoing/subject to prioritization- refer to the implementation page for more information. 

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News/Updates


Background

WHAT IS UNDER REVIEW?

The Registration Directory Service

Review, formerly known as "WHOIS"

(RDS

-WHOIS2

)

is a periodic review that is mandated by

Review is one of the four Specific Reviews. Under Section 4.6

of 

of the ICANN Bylaws

 to assess the

, ICANN is obligated to conduct a "periodic review to assess the effectiveness of the then

current gTLD registry

current gTLD registry directory service and whether its implementation meets the legitimate needs of law enforcement, promoting consumer trust and safeguarding registrant data

.

("Directory Service Review").

The

WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS?                

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MEET THE

RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team

 (click here)

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OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE

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

-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.

Team Calendars
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KEY NEWS AND UPDATES

RDS-WHOIS2-RT has determined interim leadership 

20 July 2017 - See here for more information.

View Diversity Data of the RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team

02 Jun 2017 - See Diversity Data when compared to the diversity of the pool of applicants.  View full post here:

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. View full post here