[ga] Re: Whois more in detail
I'm not surprised and believe a majority of people overall would want disclosure. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dominik Filipp" <dominik.filipp@xxxxxxxx> To: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "icann whois" <whois-comments@xxxxxxxxx>; "ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:16 AM Subject: RE: Whois more in detail
I have collected a list of pros and cons regarding the whois privacy matter and have gotten this * * * a) Registrants tend to hide their identity data calling for keeping individual and/or collective privacy right for variety of legitimate reasons (personal safety, security, anti-spam protection, persecution, abuse). Amendment: PRIVACY b) Suspected entities (spammers/scammers/speculators) call for the same to hide their identity. Amendment: DISCLOSURE c) Companies harmed by copyright infringement or by other parties using similar confusing domain name in bad faith call for disclosing as much data as possible (the Red-Cross case). Amendment: DISCLOSURE d) Standard users want to access the data too in order to verify the reliability of company before being charged via credit card, or before initiating any sensitive negotiation/deal with the company. Amendment: DISCLOSURE e) Different national laws may impose different data privacy law requirements (Dutch versus French models) Amendment: NEUTRAL (cannot be influenced) * * * Just taken numerically its 3 : 1 in favour of disclosure, which is geting me pretty surprised, particularly, now when I'm advocating the privacy :-))). I know this mechanical approach might seem ridiculous, but anyway... What do you think? Frankly, I'm a bit puzzled... Dominik
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