Invitation to Italian Data Privacy Commissioner

[KathrynKL at AOL.COM]

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Italian Data Privacy Commissioner 
is invited to our NCUC meeting on Tuesday, March 2nd, in Rome to talk about 
data privacy protections and WHOIS domain name registration data.  (Letter 
below.)  

I'll let you know what happens.  Hope you can attend the meeting as well!  
-kathy

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Mr. Giovanni Buttarelli
Segretario Generale Autorita Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali
February 11, 2004

Dear Mr. Buttarelli:

     On behalf of ICANN's Noncommercial Users Constituency
(NCUC), I would like to thank you for the contribution of the Article 29
Data Protection Working Group to ICANN in June 2003.  This document
has become a pivotal one in the debate now taking place on WHOIS within
ICANN.  As the representatives of individuals, families, hobby groups, and
noncommercial organizations who use the Internet for noncommercial
communication, we feel ICANN too often fails to protect basic privacy and
human rights principles.   

     We find it auspicious that at this important time, the ICANN
meeting takes place in Rome.  ICANN now has three (3) task forces
meeting to decide policy on different aspects of the WHOIS data, yet key
private sector actors continue to deny that comprehensive data protection
laws even apply to WHOIS data.   

     The Noncommercial Users Constituency would be like to invite you
to talk with us about Italian law and the EU Privacy Directive at our
meeting in Rome on the morning of Tuesday, March 2nd.  We would be
honored if you would meet with us.  If you are willing, we would like to
open your discussion to reporters and any in the ICANN community who
would like to discuss this important topic.   As an alternate date, we would
also be able to set up a meeting for the morning of Thursday, March 4th.

     If you are willing to participate, please contact Dr. Mueller at
mueller at syr.edu or myself at KathrynKl at aol.com.   Sincere thanks for
your consideration and your leadership in this area. 

                    Sincerely yours,
                    Dr. Milton Mueller,      
                         Chairman, Noncommercial Users Constituency
                         Dean, Information Studies, Syracuse University, NY
                    Kathryn A. Kleiman, Esq. 
                         Co-Founder, Noncommercial Users Constituency
                         Internet Law & Policy Specialist, 
                             McLeod, Watkinson & Miller, Washington DC

     

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