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Registrars are required by their Registrar Accreditation Agreements (Section 3.6 of the 2013 RAA) to escrow certain registration data with an ICANN-approved Registrar Data Escrow Agent (DEA) pursuant to the Registrar Data Escrow (RDE) program as defined by the Registrar Data Escrow Specifications (RDE Specifications) [PDF, 30 KB]. All registrars and registrar DEAs must comply with the terms of the RDE Specifications. Registrars may use the DEA(s) designated by ICANN at no charge, or use a DEA approved by both ICANN and the registrar (per Section 3.3.1 of the RDE Specifications, a Third Party Provider or TPP), at the registrar's expense.

Registrars wishing to change their DEA should follow the Registrar Data Escrow Agent Change process.

Escrow agents who wish to apply for approval as a registrar DEA should review ICANN's Registrar DEA Approval Criteria and submit a completed Registrar DEA Application to globalsupport@icann.org.

News: As of 17 July 2023, DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG is the sole ICANN-designated DEA and NCC Group Software Resilience (NA) LLC is no longer accepting new registrars. As of 1 November 2024, NCC Group Software Resilience (NA) LLC will no longer provide registrar data escrow services. More details on the transition process can be found here.

A current list of designated and approved registrar DEAs is provided below:

ICANN-Designated Registrar Data Escrow Agents

DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG
Name: DENIC Escrow Services
Email: escrow@denic-services.de
Telephone: +49 6151 6292710
RDE Agreement Template

**NCC Group Software Resilience (NA) LLC – Not accepting new registrars
Name: Data Escrow Support
Email: icannenquiries@nccgroup.com
Telephone: +1 678 381 2764
RDE Agreement Template

**As of 17 July 2023, NCC Group Software Resilience (NA) LLC is not accepting new registrars. As of 1 November 2024, NCC Group will no longer provide registrar data escrow services. Registrars currently contracted with NCC Group should visit Registrar Data Escrow Transition Resources for more details.

ICANN-Approved Registrar Data Escrow Agents

Beilong Zedata (Beijing) Data Technology Co., Ltd
Name: Zhang Lili
Email: registrarescrow@cnic.cn
Telephone: +86 10 6252 3580
RDE Agreement Template

China Internet Network Information Center
Name: Escrow Service
Email: deagent@cnnic.cn
Telephone: +86 10 5881 3000
RDE Agreement Template

China Organizational Name Administration Center (CONAC)
Name: Escrow Support
Email: technical_cn@163.com
Telephone: +86 10 6900 1158
RDE Agreement Template

Joint Stock Company "Internet Exchange "MSK-IX"
Name: Data Escrow Services
Email: escrow@msk-ix.ru
Telephone: +7 495 737 9296
RDE Agreement Template

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