[ga] Registry Constituency Statement on WHOIS

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

[excerpt]

RyC believes that a decent respect for registrants?
interests in protection of personal privacy demands a
change in the type of data published in the WHOIS
service. There is, of course, a difference between the
types of data collected by registrars, and the types
of data published in the WHOIS service. RyC generally
supports the concepts underlying the Registrar
Constituency?s OPoC proposal (although there are some
practical concerns addressed below). Registrars have
their own business needs for collection of registrant
data, and should be able to make decisions primarily
based on these needs and on the legal requirements of
the jurisdictions where they operate.

RyC strongly believes that there is no acceptable
reason for publication of an individual?s personal
data such as home address, phone number or email
address, whether by a registry or registrar unless
that individual freely and explicitly gives consent to
such publication. To the extent that such data is
needed for law enforcement purposes or for the
resolution of conflicts such as intellectual property,
the appropriate means to meet these needs should be a
tiered access process. RyC acknowledges that a tiered
access model presents some policy implementation
challenges but believes that it would be very
worthwhile to confront those challenges in a
constructive and diligent manner.

Complete statement at http://www.gtldregistries.org/news/2007/2007-10-04-01.pdf


       
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