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Registrar Data Escrow Program

Registrars are required by their Registrar Accreditation Agreements (RAAs: 2009 and 2013) to escrow certain registration data with an ICANN approved escrow agent pursuant to the Registrar Data Escrow (RDE) program.

Registrars may use the escrow agent designated by ICANN (currently, Iron Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc.), at no charge, or a reputable escrow agent approved by both ICANN and the registrar (known as a Third Party Provider or TPP), at the registrar's expense. A list of approved TPPs is provided below. Escrow agents who wish to apply for approval as a TPP should review ICANN's TPP Approval Criteria [PDF, 17 KB] and TPP Approval Process Diagram [PDF, 119 KB], and submit a completed TPP Application [PDF, 48 KB] to ICANN.

All registrars and escrow agents must comply with the terms of the RDE Specifications [PDF, 30 KB].

ICANN-Approved Registrar Data Escrow Third Party Providers

Iron Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc.
Name: RDE Client Services
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +1 858 492 2400

NCC Group Plc
Name: Andy Ramsbottom
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 161 209 5468/ +44 770 350 1169

Escrow4all B.V.
Name: Herman Kui
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +31 20 3420 250

China Organizational Name Administration Center (CONAC)
Name: Escrow Support
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +86 10 6900 1158

Beilong Zedata (Beijing) Data Technology Co., Ltd
Name: Zhang Lili
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +86 10 6252 3580

China Internet Network Information Center
Name: Xiaodong Lee
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +86 10 5881 3401

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