Governments Press ICANN on .org Sale, GDPR Compliance

Governments want "clear and enforceable safeguards" for the .org community in any contractually binding public interest commitments Ethos Capital makes in the Public Interest Registry deal, ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee said Tuesday. Officials at last week's remotely held ICANN meeting (see 2003090027) encouraged directors to keep engaging with the community and to ensure the views of stakeholders are "properly taken into account." GAC members welcomed ICANN reassurances that "all options remain open." They praised progress made in developing a policy for generic top-level domain registration data that complies with the EU general data protection regulation but urged ICANN to come up with a standard form for access to nonpublic information by parties with a legitimate interest, saying that "remains a high priority for the GAC."