Hi Robin,<br><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">very important detail</span> <span class="hps">specifically for</span> <span class="hps">our African countries</span> <span class="hps">and</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">more particularly</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">the DRC</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I will</span> <span class="hps">approach</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">proposed</span> <span class="hps">at the meeting</span> <span class="hps">of the IGF</span> <span class="hps">DRC</span><span class="">.<br>

<br clear="all"></span></span>SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN<br><br>Téléphone mobile:+243998983491<br>email                  : <a href="mailto:b.schombe@gmail.com" target="_blank">b.schombe@gmail.com</a><br>skype                 : b.schombe<br>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/2/18 Robin Gross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">

<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="font-family:Times"><h3><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:normal">FYI: Submitted as approved by the NCSG Policy Committee.</span></font></h3><h3><span style="font-weight:normal"><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/cat-whois-changes/msg00001.html" target="_blank">http://forum.icann.org/lists/cat-whois-changes/msg00001.html</a></span></h3>

<h3>NCSG Statement on .cat proceeding</h3><ul><li><i>To</i>: cat-whois-changes@xxxxxxxxx</li><li><i>Subject</i>: NCSG Statement on .cat proceeding</li><li><i>From</i>: Robin Gross <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx></li><li><i>Date</i>: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:31:29 -0800</li>

</ul><hr><pre>The NCSG wishes to express its support for punctCAT's proposed amendment to 
allow natural persons an opt-out measure by which some WHOIS data would be 
withheld from public view.

At the same time, we do not believe the request offers the opt-out opportunity 
broadly enough to satisfy all legitimate privacy needs. The NCSG believes there 
are several types of institution that require similar opportunities to opt out 
from public display of their identity and address details.  Among those 
institutional types are organizations that:

* protect natural persons,

* deal with political freedoms,

* deal with religious freedoms,

* deal with sexual preference and expression,

* deal with political minorities,

* deal with religious minorities, and parents' groups that deal with children's 
activities such as sports teams, home-schooling and other childcare issues.

As the privacy of natural persons is protected within the EU Data Protection 
Directive, political parties and minority speech are protected within the 
privacy rules in other national laws. Given that gTLDs are global, it will be 
important to take all national laws into account.

The NCSG further expresses concern that law enforcement and third party access 
to the data should be consistent with due process protections. We urge 
development of these disclosure procedures in conjunction with the Community.


- Robin Gross, NCSG Chair</pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre></span></div></blockquote></div><br>