European Commission responds to NCUC's letter on whois privacy concerns - Fwd: Ares(2012)966299 - Online privacy in ICANN

[Milton L Mueller]

I am not very impressed with this response. The reference to a “balance” between rights and needs of law enforcement seems to imply that established privacy rights can be ignored if LEAs find it convenient to do so. It seems to pretend that the global Whois does not constitute an exception to European data protection law as it now stands. References to GAC communiques does not help, as the GAC, under the thumb of the US, has been a major obstacle to bringing data protection concerns into the Whois debate.

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From: EC ARES NOREPLY <DIGIT-NOREPLYARES at ec.europa.eu<mailto:DIGIT-NOREPLYARES at ec.europa.eu>>
Date: August 10, 2012 8:42:30 AM PDT
To: "CAKE David (IP JUSTICE)" <dave at difference.com.au<mailto:dave at difference.com.au>>
To: "GROSS Robin (IP JUSTICE)" <Robin at ipjustice.org<mailto:Robin at ipjustice.org>>
Subject: Ares(2012)966299 - Online privacy in ICANN

Please find attached document Ares(2012)966299 concerning "Online privacy in ICANN" sent by Mr HARTOG Eddy on 10/08/2012.

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