[ALAC] ALAC Statement regarding EPDP

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Fri Aug 3 02:40:35 UTC 2018


I endorse these guiding principles for At-Large representatives to the
ePDP. I especially favour the precedence accorded the interests of ordinary
Internet user although substantiated by third parties above registrants.

-Carlton

-Carlton

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On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 11:27 AM Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> Yesterday, the EPDP Members were asked to present a 1-3 minute
> summary of their groups position in regard to the EPDP. The following
> is the statement agreed to by me, Hadia, Holly and Seun.
>
> 1.   The ALAC believes that the EPDP MUST succeed and will be working
> toward that end.
>
> 2.   We have a support structure that we are organizing to ensure
> that what we present here is understood by our community and has
> their input and support.
>
> 3.   The ALAC believes that individual registrants are users and we
> have regularly worked on their behalf (as in the PDP that we
> initiated to protect registrant rights when their domains expire), if
> registrant needs differ from those of the 4 billion Internet users
> who are not registrants, those latter needs take precedence. We
> believe that GDPR and this EPDP are such a situation.
>
> 4.   Although some Internet users consult WHOIS and will not be able
> to do so in some cases going forward, our main concern is access for
> those third parties who work to ensure that the Internet is a safe
> and secure place for users and that means that law enforcement,
> cybersecurity researchers, those combatting fraud in domain names,
> and others who help protect users from phishing, malware, spam,
> fraud, DDoS attacks and such can work with minimal reduction in
> access to WHOIS data. All within the constraints of GDPR of course.
>
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