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DENIC Becomes ICANN-Designated Agent for Registrar Data Escrow Services After 
Winning Global Tender

Sole RDE Agent to offer a cost-neutral plus GDPR-compliant escrow service

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Effective 14 May 2018, German ccTLD manager DENIC eG (.DE) has entered into 
an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) as an ICANN- Designated Agent to support Registrar Data Escrow (RDE) 
services on ICANN’s behalf. As a consequence, DENIC is now one of only
two neutral third party escrow agents worldwide who are authorized to offer 
to ICANN-accredited registrars the mandatory regular storage of back-up
copies of their gTLD registration data, on a cost-neutral basis.

During the ongoing ICANN Global Domains Division (GDD) Meeting in Vancouver, 
Canada,  the pertinent three-year Master Registrar Data Escrow Service
Agreement was signed by ICANN President Global Domains Division, Akram 
Atallah, and DENIC COO Andreas Musielak on 14 May 2018.

New Milestone Of DENIC Escrow Program Achieved

Thus DENIC, having been an ICANN-Approved Registrar Data Escrow Agent (TPP 
RDE) since June 2016 already, went even a step further by being selected
successful bidder now, in a competitive global Request for Proposal, which 
was initiated by ICANN in August 2017 to further expand its RDE program.

Through this move ICANN, in partnership with DENIC, puts its accredited 
registrars in a position to draw on a designated escrow service which is in
compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

Happy about the further expansion of DENIC’s escrow services line, in 
addition to its previous accreditations as TPP RDE and New gTLD Escrow Agent 
for
Registries, COO Andreas Musielak says: “With a 20-year track record in 
operating one of the largest TLD zones worldwide, .DE, with more than 16
million domain names, DENIC is a leading expert in domain management, at an 
international level. As Designated Escrow Agent, DENIC is capable to offer
a quality solution to ICANN-accredited registrars, in particular to those 
having their place of business and/or serving customers in Europe, which is
both cost-neutral and allows them to meet their contractual escrow 
obligations under European law. Apart from that, our service is also ideally 
suited
for all further international registrars who wish to benefit from our high 
level of security, together with a strong customer focus.“

DENIC Escrow Services: Neutral, Legally Compliant, Meeting Highest Technical 
Standards

Among the benefits of DENIC’s escrow service are, next to its full GDPR 
compliance, the  scalability and excellent security standard of the
implemented solution, fulfilling highest industry requirements, as well as 
its customer friendliness and the easy onboarding of new clients.

DENIC‘s Chief Information Security Officer Boban Kršiæ, who has been in 
charge all through the Designated Escrow Agent bid process within DENIC since
ICANN’s RFP launch in the summer of 2017, says: “ICANN’s high-level security 
demands are met by our state-of-the art cryptographic algorithms and
multiple redundancies that safeguard the secure transmission and storage of 
all domain registration data involved. Data processing and storage will
exclusively take place in certified data centers in Europe, which are sited 
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.“

Registrars May Still Switch Before 25 May

While drafting the Designated Escrow Agent master agreement, in cooperation 
with ICANN, DENIC has already defined such transition procedures that will
enable interested registrars to switch to DENIC in the easiest and most 
efficient way.

Hence in time with the EU GDPR effective date, on 25 May 2018, using DENIC’s 
escrow service will become cost-neutral for ICANN-accredited registrars.


Get In Touch
DENIC Escrow Support Team: escrow[at]denic.de



Kind regards

Stefanie Welters
Corporate Communications
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DENIC eG (Sitz: Frankfurt am Main). Vorstand: Helga Krüger, Martin 
Küchenthal, Andreas Musielak, Dr. Jörg Schweiger
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Thomas Keller. Eingetragen unter Nr. 770 im 
Genossenschaftsregister, Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main