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INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS 2007 SEMI-ANNUAL CONTRACTUAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT 18 October 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................4 II. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF AUDITS ................................... 5 III. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS.......................................................... 6 IV. DETAILED AUDIT FINDINGS .................................................11 A. Primary Contact Audit......................................................................11 B. Registrar Website Compliance Audit..............................................14 C. Registrar Fees Audit ........................................................................20 D. Registry Fees Audit ..........................................................................25 E. Data Retention Audit .......................................................................26 F. Registry Code of Conduct Audit ....................................................41 G. Whois Data Problem Report System...............................................56 V. CONCLUSION………………………………………………………64 List of Tables and Figures Table IV-1 Category I: Registrar Accreditation Requirements Regarding Data Retention 29 IV-2 Category II: Contingency Planning and How Backup Data Is Maintained........ 30 IV-3 Category III. Level of Insurance ...