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===Audit Rights===
===Audit Rights===
ICANN is authorized to audit registries and registrars based on contractual provisions within the the Registry Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and Registry Agreements (RA) with registry operators.
ICANN is authorized to audit registries and registrars based on contractual provisions within the the Registry Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and Registry Agreements (RA) with registry operators.
====2009 RAA Amendment Process====
====2009 RAA Amendment Process====
Prior to the creation of the base RA, audit provisions tended to be limited to financial records and technical reports. For example, Verisign's Registry Agreement to manage the [[.com]] domain contained no mention of compliance audits until its amendment in December 2012.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/com/com-registry-agreement-1-12-2012-en ICANN.org - .com Registry Agreement], as amended December 1, 2012. Compare with [https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/com/com-registry-agreement---1-march-2006-amended-22-september-2010-22-9-2010-en the .com Registry Agreement] as amended September 22, 2010</ref>
Prior to the creation of the base RA, audit provisions tended to be limited to financial records and technical reports. For example, Verisign's Registry Agreement to manage the [[.com]] domain contained no mention of compliance audits until its amendment in December 2012.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/com/com-registry-agreement-1-12-2012-en ICANN.org - .com Registry Agreement], as amended December 1, 2012. Compare with [https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/com/com-registry-agreement---1-march-2006-amended-22-september-2010-22-9-2010-en the .com Registry Agreement] as amended September 22, 2010</ref>
====2007 Announcement of Compliance Audit Processes====
In March 2007, Contractual Compliance announced its intention to begin auditing the contractual and operational compliance of registries and registrars.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/updated-contractual-compliance-program-24-3-2007-en ICANN.org Blog - Updated Contractual Compliance Program], March 24, 2007</ref> Three days earlier, ICANN's CEO at the time, [[Paul Twomey]], announced that review and revision of ICANN's Registrar Accreditation process was necessary to ensure consumer protection and enforcement goals.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/registrar-accreditation-policy-and-process-must-be-reviewed-21-3-2007-en ICANN.org - Registrar Accreditation Policy and Process must be reviewed], March 21, 2007</ref> The announcement was prompted in part by the termination of [[RegisterFly]] due to a large volume of customer complaints. At the time of the announcement, there were no contractual provisions for such audits, except to the extent that individual registry agreements might grant a right to audit technical records of registry operators.
===Three-Year Audit Program, 2012-2014===
===Three-Year Audit Program, 2012-2014===