Ballot 123 – Reuse of Information (passed)

Ballot overview

• Ballot 123, Reuse of Information, is marked as passed.
• The ballot was described as an EV working group motion to clarify section 11.14 without changing any requirements.
• The text says the changes were not tracked because sections were moved or rewritten, making comparison futile.

What the ballot changes

• The motion amends section 11.14, Requirements on the Re-use of Documentation.
• For each EV Certificate Request, including renewals, the CA must perform all authentication and verification tasks required by the Guidelines to ensure the request is properly authorized and the EV Certificate information is still accurate and valid.
• A CA may rely on prior authentication and verification for existing subscribers when the applicant has a currently valid EV Certificate issued by the CA, subject to the listed conditions.
• A CA may rely on a previously verified certificate request to issue a replacement certificate if the referenced certificate was not revoked due to fraud or other illegal conduct, the replacement certificate has the same expiration date as the EV Certificate being replaced, and the subject information is the same.
• The ballot sets age limits for validated data used to support EV issuance, generally thirteen months for the listed categories, with the thirteen-month period beginning on the date the information was collected by the CA.
• The CA may reuse a previously submitted EV Certificate Request, Subscriber Agreement, or Terms of Use, including one EV Certificate Request for multiple EV Certificates with the same subject, to the extent permitted under sections 11.9 and 11.10.
• The CA must repeat verification processes for any information obtained outside the stated time limits, except when otherwise permitted under section 11.14.1.

Voting and timing

• The review period commenced at 2200 UTC on October 2 2014 and closed at 2200 UTC on October 9, 2014.
• The voting period started immediately after the review period and closed at 2200 UTC on October 16, 2014.
• Voting on Ballot 123 closed on 16 October 2014.
• The chair received yes votes from the listed members, Opera abstained, and the ballot passed.

Compliance timing

• The evidence does not state a separate implementation or effective date for the requirements beyond the ballot passing and the voting close date.
• The ballot text presents the requirements as the amended section 11.14, but no explicit compliance date is given in the supplied evidence.