[ALAC] WHOIS Element Usage for GDPR Analysis

[Alan Greenberg]

ICANN web page on these issues has gone live - 
https://www.icann.org/dataprotectionprivacy.

Alan

At 12/07/2017 08:25 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>This is coming very late, but following Johannesburg I was swamped 
>with non-ICANN issues and am trying to dig my way out.
>
>As was discussed at the meeting, ICANN has (finally) woken up and is 
>addressing the GDPR. As I understand it, as part of this, ICANN 
>needs to get expert legal opinion and present a case to European 
>data commissioners.
>
>The first step is to identify how various parties use WHOIS data 
>elements today. This is not an exercise in determining whether the 
>particular elements are in fact "personal information" nor to 
>determine if the usage is legitimate (under any particular rules). 
>It is just to identify uses.
>
>I am looking at this from three different perspectives:
>
>1. User
>
>2. Individual registrant
>
>3. What I call user "tech support" - those of us who, for free or 
>charge, help non-technical users and registrants solve their problems
>
>Attached you will find.
>
>A. Meeting notes from the introductory meeting held in Johannesburg
>
>B. A list of WHOIS elements
>
>C. Matrix Instructions
>
>D. Usage Matrix ("User Stories") to be filled in.
>
>I will send you what I have completed shortly.
>
>I must submit it by the end of Saturday, so time is short.
>
>Alan