[ga] Implications for Whois?: Draft Data Protection Legislation in US House

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Adding Dr. Joe so that he isn't left out...

  Are there implications for Whois here?  Seems to me that
there are several...  There are also several parts that do
not or would not effect Whois obviously...  Of course ICANN
could have addressed this difinitively long ago now and set a
president, but didn't and thus punted leaving it now to governments
to make such decisions as a part of adult intervention as it were.
We all may regret same, or at least half of us will.  If to err,
I would err on the side of respecting personal privacy.  I am sure
others will of course very and/or strongly disagree accordingly.

See:
(May 4 & 5, 2010)
Draft data privacy legislation introduced by US lawmakers would restrict
the way organizations can gather, retain and use personal information
they collect from customers.  The draft draws a distinction between
covered information, which is opt-out, and sensitive information, which
is opt-in.  Covered information would include names, street addresses,
phone numbers, email addresses and government issued identification
numbers, including Social Security numbers (SSNs).  Sensitive
information includes medical records, race and ethnicity, sexual
orientation, financial records and geolocation data. The proposal has
met with criticism for "codify[ing] current online privacy practices
that exist more for the benefit of companies than customers."  The
proposed legislation is meeting with criticism from both sides.
Consumer rights advocates say it does not go far enough, and businesses
say it goes too far.
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/05/04/web-consumer-privacy-bill.aspx?admgarea=TC_SECCYBERSEC
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/religion-sex-money-location-bill-makes-them-sensitive-info.ars
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176311/Lawmakers_unveil_online_privacy_bill?taxonomyId=84
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/05/us_privacy_bill/
http://www.scmagazineus.com/congressmen-propose-draft-online-privacy-bill/article/169522/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20004165-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Regards,

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