We just got a really good statement from the GAC on the whole 
transparency of SOIs.  Kudos to our Manju Chen for steering this 
difficult group exercise.  Support from GAC on refining the definition 
of solicitor-client privilege would have been welcome a tad earlier, but 
better late than never!

cheers Stephanie

On 2023-10-23 3:20 p.m., Stephanie E Perrin wrote:
>
> Members who are interested in this topic may find the Tucows blogpost 
> of interest:
>
> https://opensrs.com/blog/tiered-access-update-urgent-disclosure-requests-and-updated-statistics/
>
> Cheers Stephanie
>
> On 2023-10-23 12:57 p.m., farzaneh badii wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering if you have been discussing the urgent disclosure 
>> request (for domain name registrants sensitive data) coming from GAC 
>> and what your opinion is. Please let us know on this thread I am not 
>> subscribed to the policy committee thread.
>>
>> Here is their letter back in August to ICANN Board of Directors: 
>> https://gac.icann.org/advice/correspondence/outgoing/public/gac-to-board-registration-data-urgent-requests-23aug23.pdf?language_id=7
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Farzaneh
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 4:32 AM farzaneh badii 
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>     Dear members
>>
>>     Today GNSO council meeting will have a meeting with the GAC and
>>     one of the issues on the agenda is “urgent whois requests”.
>>
>>     The GNSO councillors and us have to pay close attention to this
>>     issue and make sure GAC/public safety groups are not given access
>>     to registrants sensitive private information without following
>>     minimum due process and through arbitrary categories like “urgent
>>     requests”.
>>
>>     I am interested in knowing what our councillors think.
>>
>>     This will take place at 13.00 UTC and here is the Zoom link:
>>     Zoom Meeting
>>     Link:https://icann.zoom.us/j/92970304608?pwd=ajlacWVkK2l3TDNNcDRoYlA1Vlg1dz09
>>
>>     Best regards
>>
>>     Farzaneh
>>