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The Expedited Policy Development Process on the [[Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data]] (EPDP) was initiated by the [[GNSO]] Council on 19 July 2018 to determine if the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data should become ICANN consensus policy, with or without modifications, while ensuring compliance with the [[European Union]]'s [[General Data Protection Regulation]] (GDPR) and other relevant privacy and data protection laws.  

The Expedited Policy Development Process on the [[Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data]] (EPDP) was initiated by the [[GNSO]] Council on 19 July 2018 to determine if the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data should become ICANN consensus policy, with or without modifications, while ensuring compliance with the [[European Union]]'s [[General Data Protection Regulation]] (GDPR) and other relevant privacy and data protection laws.  

==Background on the EPDP==

==Background on the development of the EPDP option==

===History===

===History===

On January 8, 2012, GNSO Policy staffers released a discussion paper<ref>[https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_36239/policy-implementation-framework-08jan13-en.pdf Policy vs. Implementation Framework]</ref> about the many questions that had arisen from the implementation of the [[New gTLD Program]], especially concerning when policy vs. implementation work was needed. The GNSO Policy & Implementation [[Working Group]] was formed in July 2013.<ref>[https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_47703/policy-implementation-recommendations-01jun15-en.pdf PI WG Recommendations]</ref> On June 24, 2015, the GNSO Council unanimously adopted the WG's recommendations, which included three new GNSO processes. The GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) and the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process required changes to the [[ICANN Bylaws]]. The EPDP procedures, outlined in Annex A-1 of the ICANN Bylaws, went into effect on September 28, 2015.

On January 8, 2012, GNSO Policy staffers released a discussion paper<ref>[https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_36239/policy-implementation-framework-08jan13-en.pdf Policy vs. Implementation Framework]</ref> about the many questions that had arisen from the implementation of the [[New gTLD Program]], especially concerning when policy vs. implementation work was needed. The GNSO Policy & Implementation [[Working Group]] was formed in July 2013.<ref>[https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_47703/policy-implementation-recommendations-01jun15-en.pdf PI WG Recommendations]</ref> On June 24, 2015, the GNSO Council unanimously adopted the WG's recommendations, which included three new GNSO processes. The GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) and the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process required changes to the [[ICANN Bylaws]]. The EPDP procedures, outlined in Annex A-1 of the ICANN Bylaws, went into effect on September 28, 2015.

 

===Criteria===

===Criteria===

The GNSO Council may invoke the EPDP (1) to address a narrowly defined policy issue that has already been identified and scoped, following the adoption and/or implementation of a GNSO policy recommendation by the Board; or (2) to create new or additional recommendations for an issue on which extensive, pertinent background information already exists; for instance, the issue may have been discussed in an Issue Report for a PDP that was not initiated or completed or was part of a GGP.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexA1 ICANN Bylaws Annex A1]</ref>  

The GNSO Council may invoke the EPDP (1) to address a narrowly defined policy issue that has already been identified and scoped, following the adoption and/or implementation of a GNSO policy recommendation by the Board; or (2) to create new or additional recommendations for an issue on which extensive, pertinent background information already exists; for instance, the issue may have been discussed in an Issue Report for a PDP that was not initiated or completed or was part of a GGP.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexA1 ICANN Bylaws Annex A1]</ref>

==Temporary Specificiation Context==

==Temporary Specificiation Context==