Alan Woods

Background

About Alan Woods

I'm a qualified Barrister, working for the past 9 years in the E-Commerce industry. I am currently the General Council for CleanDNS, which provides a service an platform that supports the running of a safer domain name system (and beyond) by standardizing and streamlining abuse remediation I have a particular expertise in the area of data protection and have obtained a Professional Certificate in Data Protection from University College Dublin/Institute of Bankers. I am the current Data Protection POC for CleanDNS Inc. In the wider DNS policy sphere, I continue to be engaged as a policy consultant for Identity Digital, one of the largest domain name registries in the world. Representing Identity Digital, I am the current Vice Chair of Admin for the Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG) for 2021(Oct)-2023. I am also currently the Co-chair of the RYSG DNS Abuse Working Group. I was one of 3 chosen representatives for Registry Operators on the Expedited Policy Development Process for Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data (ePDP Phase 1-2A), and one of 33 people deciding industry policy for compliance with Data Protection legislative requirements, including in particular, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Alongside this important PDP, I also continue to be involved with ICANN policy work on areas such as DNS abuse, rights protection mechanisms, and additional emergent topics related to registration data, ensuring the ongoing evolution of the industry, whilst representing the interests of the contracted parties. I have also co-founded an effort to align the Contracted Parties in their process for tackling Child Sexual Abuse material in the DNS sphere. Invited member for the Security & Stability Advisory Committee's (SSAC) DNS abuse working party resulting in the publication of SAC115. Contact Group Member for Internet & Jurisdiction - Domains and Policy Work track eco Names & Numbers Steering Committee