Amendment to Proposed motion on WHOIS -- last paragraph

[Milton Mueller]

>>> <KathrynKL at aol.com> 6/30/2006 1:04 PM >>>
 >My biggest fear comes from the loose language in the last
>proposed paragraph.  After Resolution 5, this unnumbered
>paragraph  states:
>    "The GNSO Council notes that the current  definition is related
>    to the service that provides public  access to some or all of the

>    data collected, and is not a definition of the  purpose of the
data
>    itself."
>
>I am very worried.

Kathy:
I agree with your fears, but I think there is a neater way to handle
this. I think you can take that last phrase:

>and is not a definition of the  purpose of the data itself.

and replace the word "purpose" with the word "uses". I think that is
the concept Bruce was trying to get across (although I have not
discussed this with him directly). Almost everyone in this debate
(except us) has tripped over the distinction between purpose and use at
some time or another, and I think this is another case.

My proposed one-word modification recognizes that the data can be used
in ways that are not directly derived from its purpose. Thus, we do NOT
want to say that the purpose of the data is to facilitate law
enforcement or surveillance, but in some circumstances the data can be
used for that. The real issue is the safeguards that are put in place to
give access to the data for other purposes.