Subgroup 2 – Anything New

Background Documents

• ICANN web page on WHOIS Policies, including the following WHOIS-related policies and procedures adopted since 2012:
  • Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy
  • Additional WHOIS Information Policy (AWIP) 
  • New gTLD URS Policy, Procedure and Rules for URS Policy
  • Expired Registration Recovery Policy (ERRP)
  • Thick WHOIS PDP and Final Report  – see section 7.1 for Thick WHOIS Policy
  • Thick RDDS (WHOIS) Transition Policy for .COM, .NET and .JOBS 
  • Registry Registration Data Directory Services Consistent Labeling and Display Policy 
  • Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues (PPSAI) PDP and Final Report
  • Translation/Transliteration of Contact Information PDP and Final Report
  • Final Report from the Expert Working Group on Internationalized Registration Data (2015)

  • Procedure for Handling RDS/WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law (2008)

  • Review of the ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law (2014)
  • Final Report on the Implementation Advisory Group Review of Existing ICANN Procedure for Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Laws (2016)
  • Revised ICANN Procedure For Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law (2017)
  • RDS/WHOIS Data Retention Specification Waiver and Discussion Document
• Additional links specific to Subgroup 2 may be added here

Further background documents may be found on the Review Team's overall Background Materials page.

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