Proposed NCUC statement on Whois notification

[carlos a. afonso]

Good work, Milton. I agree with Marc's addendum.

--c.a.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Schneiders <marc at SCHNEIDERS.ORG>
To: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:40:10 +0100
Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Proposed NCUC statement on Whois notification

> Milton, thanks, very good. I'd like to suggest to consider adding,
> that this notice and separate acknowledgement also be required for
> renewals.
>
> Marc
>
> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, at 22:15 [=GMT-0500], Milton Mueller wrote:
>
> > Hello, please indicate assent or disagreement with this statement
> over
> > the next 10 days. If you disagree, please propose specific
> modifications
> > that would make it acceptable. --MM
> >
> > Draft of 2 Jan 2005
> >
> > Noncommercial domain name users welcome efforts to ensure that
> domain
> > name registrants are better informed about the publication of their
> > private contact information via the Whois system. Public, anonymous
> > access to private contact information poses a number of risks to
> > registrants and may violate their rights to privacy. Until this
> > situation is reformed, conspicuous notification is essential.
> >
> > The text we reviewed contains an error. Under point 3, the sentence
> > "Registrars must obtain a separate acknowledgement from registrars
> that
> > they have read and understand these disclosures" should read
> "Registrars
> > must obtain a separate acknowledgement from _registrants_ that they
> have
> > read and understand these disclosures."
> >
> > NCUC strongly supports the requirement to set aside the
> notification
> > and to require a distinct and separate acknowledgement from
> registrants
> > that they are aware of the exposure of their private information.
> We
> > observe, however, that for customers registering multiple domain
> names
> > in the same transaction, only one such acknowledgement should be
> > required.
> >
> > We strongly support the statement "The wording of the notice
> provided
> > by registrars should, to the extent feasible, be uniform." Because
> of
> > the highly competitive nature of the registrar business, registrars
> have
> > an incentive to downplay or obscure the privacy implications of
> > registering a domain name because they fear it may deter customers
> from
> > signing up. The specific wording of the notification, therefore,
> should
> > not be left to the discretion of registrars. We suggest that the
> wording
> > be developed by staff subject to the approval of the GNSO Council,
> and
> > translated as literally as possible into different languages by an
> > independent party. This language should then be incorporated into
> the
> > Registrar Accreditation Agreement.
> >