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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">I am not very impressed with this response. The reference to a “balance” between rights and needs of law enforcement seems to imply that established privacy rights can
be ignored if LEAs find it convenient to do so. It seems to pretend that the global Whois does not constitute an exception to European data protection law as it now stands. References to GAC communiques does not help, as the GAC, under the thumb of the US,
has been a major obstacle to bringing data protection concerns into the Whois debate.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robin Gross<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 10, 2012 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCSG-Discuss] European Commission responds to NCUC's letter on whois privacy concerns - Fwd: Ares(2012)966299 - Online privacy in ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Date:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">August 10, 2012 8:42:30 AM PDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">"CAKE David (IP JUSTICE)" <<a href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au">dave@difference.com.au</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">"GROSS Robin (IP JUSTICE)" <<a href="mailto:Robin@ipjustice.org">Robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Subject:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Ares(2012)966299 - Online privacy in ICANN</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached document Ares(2012)966299 concerning "Online privacy in ICANN" sent by Mr HARTOG Eddy on 10/08/2012.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Note: This e-mail was automatically generated by the European Commission's central mail registration system.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Replies by e-mail must be addressed to the original sender HARTOG Eddy (<a href="mailto:Eddy.Hartog@ec.europa.eu">mailto:Eddy.Hartog@ec.europa.eu</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Toute réponse éventuelle par e-mail doit être adressée à l'expéditeur en personne, à savoir HARTOG Eddy (<a href="mailto:Eddy.Hartog@ec.europa.eu">mailto:Eddy.Hartog@ec.europa.eu</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Robin Gross, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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