Proposed NCUC statement on Whois notification

[Robin Gross]

Thanks for developing this, Milton!  It looks quite good.  I concur with
adding Marc's suggestion.

Thank you!
Robin

carlos a. afonso wrote:

> 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
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>>over
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>>>the next 10 days. If you disagree, please propose specific
>>
>>modifications
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>>>that would make it acceptable. --MM
>>>
>>>Draft of 2 Jan 2005
>>>
>>>Noncommercial domain name users welcome efforts to ensure that
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>>domain
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>>>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
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>>that
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>>>they have read and understand these disclosures" should read
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>>"Registrars
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>>>must obtain a separate acknowledgement from _registrants_ that they
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>>have
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>>>read and understand these disclosures."
>>>
>>>NCUC strongly supports the requirement to set aside the
>>
>>notification
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>>>and to require a distinct and separate acknowledgement from
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>>registrants
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>>>that they are aware of the exposure of their private information.
>>
>>We
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>>>observe, however, that for customers registering multiple domain
>>
>>names
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>>>in the same transaction, only one such acknowledgement should be
>>>required.
>>>
>>>We strongly support the statement "The wording of the notice
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>>provided
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>>>by registrars should, to the extent feasible, be uniform." Because
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>>of
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>>>the highly competitive nature of the registrar business, registrars
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>>have
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>>>an incentive to downplay or obscure the privacy implications of
>>>registering a domain name because they fear it may deter customers
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>>from
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>>>signing up. The specific wording of the notification, therefore,
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>>should
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>>>not be left to the discretion of registrars. We suggest that the
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>>wording
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>>>be developed by staff subject to the approval of the GNSO Council,
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>>and
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>>>translated as literally as possible into different languages by an
>>>independent party. This language should then be incorporated into
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>>the
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>>>Registrar Accreditation Agreement.
>>>