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===History===

===History===

Though registrar data escrow was already part of the [[Registrar Accreditation Agreement], a structured Registrar Data Escrow program was deemed to be necessary by ICANN and a committee of registrars in late 2001. A testbed consisting of a small number of volunteer registrars was conducted prior to the full rollout of the program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/data-escrow/registrar-escrow-08nov01-en.htm Registrar Data Escrow, icann.org]</ref>

Though registrar data escrow was already part of the [[Registrar Accreditation Agreement]], a structured Registrar Data Escrow program was deemed to be necessary by ICANN and a committee of registrars in late 2001. A testbed consisting of a small number of volunteer registrars was conducted prior to the full rollout of the program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/data-escrow/registrar-escrow-08nov01-en.htm Registrar Data Escrow, icann.org]</ref>

In 2007, however, it came to light that ICANN had not followed through in ensuring that all of its registrars were doing so. After the failure of [[RegisterFly]], the first registrar to go under, thousands of the company's customers lost their domain names or were forced to wait for months until their domains were eventually transferred to [[GoDaddy]]. Following this, ICANN made it a priority to review the RAA and more forcefully implement the Registrar Data Escrow program. [[Iron Mountain]] was selected to implement and execute Registrar Data Escrow.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/29/icann_iron_mountain_data_escrow/ Iron Mountain lands ICANN data escrow agreement, theregister.co.uk]</ref><ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/archive_article.php?entry_id=147 Go Daddy rescues Registerfly customers, bobparsons.me]</ref> All registrars at that time were expected to enroll in the RDE program within six months.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-09nov07-en.htm Implementation of Registrar Data Escrow Program, icann.org]</ref>

In 2007, however, it came to light that ICANN had not followed through in ensuring that all of its registrars were doing so. After the failure of [[RegisterFly]], the first registrar to go under, thousands of the company's customers lost their domain names or were forced to wait for months until their domains were eventually transferred to [[GoDaddy]]. Following this, ICANN made it a priority to review the RAA and more forcefully implement the Registrar Data Escrow program. [[Iron Mountain]] was selected to implement and execute Registrar Data Escrow.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/29/icann_iron_mountain_data_escrow/ Iron Mountain lands ICANN data escrow agreement, theregister.co.uk]</ref><ref>[http://www.bobparsons.me/archive_article.php?entry_id=147 Go Daddy rescues Registerfly customers, bobparsons.me]</ref> All registrars at that time were expected to enroll in the RDE program within six months.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-09nov07-en.htm Implementation of Registrar Data Escrow Program, icann.org]</ref>