[announce] Public Notification of Initiation of the PDP: WHOIS Public Comment Period ends 28 November 2003

["GNSO SECRETARIAT" <gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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In accordance with the ICANN bylaws
 http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-15dec02.htm#AnnexA

6. Public Notification of Initiation of the PDP After initiation of the PDP,
  ICANN shall post a notification of such action to the Website. A public
comment
  period shall be commenced for the issue for a period of twenty (20)
calendar
  days after initiation of the PDP. The Staff Manager, or some other
designated
  representative of ICANN shall review the public comments and incorporate
them
  into a report (the "Public Comment Report") to be included in either the
Preliminary
  Task Force Report or the Initial Report, as applicable.

Please see the request for Public comment on: http://gnso.icann.org/

The Descriptions of Work for the 3 task Forces:

Title: Restricting access to WHOIS data for marketing purposes
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/tor.shtml

Title: Review of data collected and displayed
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/tor2.shtml

Title: Improving Accuracy of collected data
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/tor3.shtml


COMMENT  PERIOD ENDS  28 NOVEMBER 2003, 23:00 GMT

Thank you in anticipation for the time taken to comment.

GNSO Secretariat