Policy Development Process to Review the Transfer Policy

Policy Development Process to Review the Transfer Policy
Status:	Active
Issue Areas:	Tranfer Policy
Date Established:	February 20, 2021
Charter:	[ WG Charter]
Workspace:	[ Community Wiki]

The Policy Development Process to review Transfer Policy (PDPRTP) is a GNSO PDP initiated by the GNSO Council on February 18, 2021.

Focus and Charter Questions

The PDP Charter specifies that the Working Group "is to conduct a review of the Transfer Policy and determine if changes to the policy are needed to improve the ease, security, and efficacy of inter-registrar and inter-registrant transfers." The Final Issue Report identified questions and issues related to eight topics:

1. Gaining & Losing Registrar Form of Authorization (“FOA”);
2. AuthInfo Code Management;
3. Change of Registrant;
4. Transfer Emergency Action Contact (“TEAC”);
5. Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy (“TDRP”);
6. Reversing/NACKing Transfers;
7. ICANN-Approved Transfers; and
8. Recommendation 27 of the Expedited Policy Development Process on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data (EPDP), as it relates to FOA, change of registrant, and TDRP proceedings.

The working group divided the work into phases:

• Phase 1(a) - FOA and AuthInfo Codes, and EPDP Temp Spec Recommendation 27 re: FOA;
• Phase 1(b) - Change of Registrant and EPDP Temp Spec Recommendation 27 re: change of registrant issues;
• Phase 2 - Transfer Emergency Action, Reversing Transfers, Denying (NACKing) Transfers, ICANN-Approved Transfers, TDRP, and EPDP Temp Spec Recommendation 27 re: TDRP

History and Work Progress

The Final Issue Report was presented to the GNSO Council in advance of their February council meeting. After initiation of the project at the February council meeting, the GNSO publicly launched the project at ICANN 70 with an introductory session. The session provided an overview of the issue areas, identified ways for community members to participate, and described the composition and sources of the Working Group membership.

Initial Report & Public Comment

The working group intends to publish its Initial Report in June 2022.

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