[At-Large] [WHOIS-WG] Fwd: WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report

Thu May 17 11:01:58 UTC 2012

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
> As far as I know the answer is no.
>

Then perhaps ALAC could ask.  Privacy's significant concern for many
At Large participants.

Adam

> avri
>
>
> Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>
>>I've not read the report carefully, but seems very many efforts made
>>to discuss with law enforcement,  comprehensive outreach to the that
>>community.  Much less mention of data protection/privacy
>>commissioners. Interested to know if data protection commissioners
>>were consulted on the final draft before it was released.
>>
>>Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Wendy Seltzer <wendy at seltzer.com>
>>wrote:
>>> On 05/14/2012 03:46 PM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
>>>> Dear Wendy:
>>>> So noted.
>>>>
>>>> I would encourage you to lay out the reasoning for your position to
>>this
>>>> list as well as on the wiki.
>>>
>>> I have asked for a redline of the report against its draft version,
>>but
>>> in the meantime, repeat the NCSG's concerns that privacy should be
>>given
>>> much more substantial weight in the WHOIS analysis:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-rt-draft-final-report/msg00020.html
>>>  The report should explicitly recommend that WHOIS policy recognize
>>>  that registrants, both individual and organizations, commercial and
>>>  non-commercial, have a legitimate interest in, and in many
>>jurisdictions
>>>  the legal right to, the privacy of their personal data.
>>>
>>>  In the normative discussion, privacy should be given equivalent
>>emphasis
>>>  to accuracy. It would be instructive in this regard to reference the
>>>  OECD privacy guidelines, agreed to by all OECD member countries with
>>input
>>>  from business and civil society. Data accuracy (or 'quality') is
>>considered
>>>  by OECD members to be of equal importance to purpose specification,
>>use
>>>  limitation and security safeguards, none of which factors are
>>supported by
>>>  Whois as it currently operates. (OECD Guideline reference:
>>>
>> http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,3343,en_2649_34255_1815186_1_1_1_1,00.html
>>>  )
>>>
>>>  It is as important that registrants have privacy as that
>>>  their data be accurately recorded. At the moment, the report
>>appears,
>>>  from its emphasis on access and accuracy, to discount those privacy
>>>  concerns that are accepted by all OECD member states and
>>participating
>>>  business and civil society actors as having equal importance.
>>>
>>> --Wendy
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> - Carlton
>>>>
>>>> ==============================
>>>> Carlton A Samuels
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>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Wendy Seltzer <wendy at seltzer.com>
>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 05/13/2012 05:26 PM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Speaking as Chair of the At-Large WHOIS WG, I shall recommend that
>>the
>>>>> ALAC
>>>>>> issue a statement fully endorsing the recommendations of the Final
>>Report
>>>>>
>>>>> As a member of the WG, I recommend against that.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Wendy
>>>>>
>>>>>> - Carlton
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ==============================
>>>>>> Carlton A Samuels
>>>>>> Mobile: 876-818-1799
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>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 11 May 2012
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *Forum Announcement:* Comment Period Opens on *Date:* 11 May 2012
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>>>>> --
>>>>> Wendy Seltzer -- wendy at seltzer.org +1 617.863.0613
>>>>> Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project
>>>>> Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
>>>>> http://wendy.seltzer.org/
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>>> Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project
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