draft gac whois principles text...

[Danny Younger]

Kathy,

Let me pose a few questions as I need to come up to
speed with current WHOIS developments:

1.  Does the current WHOIS Task Force Operational
Point of Contact (OPOC) Proposal satisfy your concerns
regarding exposure of personal data to phishing,
spamming, stalking, intimidation and other abuses?

2.  Do you have any issues with the use of the IRIS
protocol (standard) for tiered access?

3.  Does the GNR (.name) tiered WHOIS approach pose
any concerns, or is it eminently suitable from a civil
society perspective?

4.  What solution do you envision that would well
serve the needs of both civil society and the law
enforcement community?



--- KathrynKL at AOL.COM wrote:

> <<It seems GAC's working group headed by NTIA is
> keen to totally open
> WHOIS data -- not surprising, of course. Is this
> going to be the
> position of the GAC? --c.a.>>
>
> Only if no one goes to their GAC members to ask them
> to come forward.
> This GAC communique is signed only by the US and
> Australia -- the same
> two who railed against the GNSO Council going
> forward with its original vote
> on the "Purpose" of Whois.
>
> Note -- this says nothing in this statement that is
> fair or even.  Nothing
> about protecting domain name registrations from
> the dangers of exposure of their personal data to
> phishing, spamming,
> stalking,
> intimidation of individuals, small organizations and
> developing businesses,
> and other abuses.
>
> Lots of government care about what we are saying.
> There was great opposition
> to the US position behind the closed doors of the
> GAC meeting in Marrakech.
> Many of you are in touch with your governments and
> your GACs.  Educate them,
> help them participate more actively in GAC, help
> them take their concerns
> beyond the closed doors of GAC to the rest of ICANN.
>
>
> Silence here only benefits the US and Australia, not
> the NCUC and not the
> rest of the Internet.
>
> Kathy
>
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: draft gac whois principles text
> > From: "Suzanne Sene" <ssene at ntia.doc.gov>
> > Date: Thu, September 21, 2006 1:02 am
> >
> > ** High Priority **
> >
> > hello everyone, as the convenor of gac working
> group 1, i am pleased to
> > forward the text of the draft gac whois principles
> regarding the purpose
> > and use of whois data, prepared by our gac
> colleagues from australia
> > (ashley cross and paul szyndler).
> >
> > this draft text is the culmination of both
> internal gac discussions and
> > external public sessions the gac has organized
> since 2005 to address the
> > public policy aspects of the purpose and use of
> whois data.
> >
> > during our most recent meeting in marrakech, the
> gac plenary agreed to
> > finalize the principles at the sao paulo meeting
> in December, 2006.
> >
> > to meet the December deadline for gac plenary
> approval of the text, all
> > gac members are requested to submit comments via
> the working group 1
> > discus thread on whois according to the following
> timeline:
> >
> > October 13:  submission of first round of comments
> >
> > October 27:  revised text circulated
> >
> > November 2:  submission of second round of
> comments
> >
> > November 27:  final version of text circulated
> >
> > we will discuss the text during the working group
> 1 meeting in sao paulo
> > on December 3, followed by discussion and adoption
> by the gac plenary.
> >
> > please note the availability of background
> documents on the gac discus
> > site under the whois heading, and feel free to
> contact me should you
> > have any questions.
> >
> > thanks in advance for your attention and support
> for this gac priority
> > project.  best regards, suz.
> >
> > Suzanne R. Sene
> > Senior Policy Advisor
> > NTIA/OIA
> > 202-482-3167 (ph)
> > 202-482-1865 (fax)
> >
> > --- text version of attached document ---
> >
> >
> >
> > DRAFT
> >
> > GAC PRINCIPLES REGARDING THE PURPOSE
> > AND USE OF WHOIS DATA
> >
> > Presented by the Governmental Advisory Committee
> > December 6, 2006
> >
> > Preamble
> >
> > 1.1   The purpose of this document is to identify
> a set of general
> > public policy principles related to the operation
> and management of the
> > generic top level domain (gTLD) WHOIS service.
> >
> > 1.2These principles have been developed in
> consultation with privacy,
> > law enforcement, consumer and intellectual
> property bodies within each
> > GAC member government.
> >
> > Objective of this document
> >
> > 2.1These principles are intended to guide the work
> within ICANN
> > pertaining to the WHOIS service and to inform the
> ICANN Board of the
> > consensus views of the GAC regarding the range of
> public policy uses of
> > WHOIS data.
> >
> > Public Policy Aspects of WHOIS Data
> >
> > 3.1   The GAC believes that the WHOIS database
> serves many legitimate
> > purposes, including:
> >
> > 1.Assisting national law enforcement agencies,
> both civil and criminal,
> > in resolving cases that involve the use of the
> Internet (such as child
> > pornography, violent crimes, wire fraud, cyber
> crime, consumer fraud,
> > identity theft, phishing, and other violations of
> consumer privacy and
> > data security);
> >
> > 2.Combating intellectual property infringement and
> theft through the
> > identification of cybersquatters, trademark
> infringers, counterfeiters,
> > and copyright pirates;
> >
> > 3.Supporting Internet network operators
> responsible for the operation,
> > security, and stability of the Internet;
> >
> > 4.Protecting the rights of consumers by
> facilitating their
> > identification of legitimate online businesses;
> and
> >
> > 5.   Assisting businesses in investigating fraud,
> phishing and other
> > violations of   law affecting their business
> interests and the interests
> > of their customers.
> >
> >
> > 3.2 While the GAC recognizes the complexity posed
> by such a broad range
> > of public policy uses of WHOIS data, the GAC
> believes that the policy
> > development process regarding the definition,
> purpose and operation of
> > gTLD WHOIS services needs to reflect the interests
> and concerns of this
> > broad range of users of WHOIS data.
> >
> > Principles Applicable to WHOIS Data
> >
> > 4.1   The GAC believes that a fully functional
> WHOIS service should:
> >
> > 1.Satisfy the traditional and ongoing goal of
> ensuring the security and
> > stability of the Internet;
> >
> > 2.Facilitate continued, timely and cross-border
> access
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