[ga] WHOIS .ca

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ottawa, March 19, 2007 -Today the Canadian Internet
Registration Authority (CIRA) announced the results of
its public consultation regarding the implementation
strategy for changes to the dot-ca domain name WHOIS
Privacy Policy. The publicly accessible dot-ca WHOIS
contains the names and contact information of
Registrants who hold dot-ca domain names. With
overwhelming public support for the initiative, CIRA
will begin implementation of the new WHOIS Privacy
Policy that protects dot-ca domain holder?s personal
information in 2007.

The WHOIS database allows users to look up information
about web site domain names on the Internet. The new
WHOIS Privacy Policy is designed to balance domain
name Registrant privacy with the legitimate need to
access Registrant contact information in order to
resolve domain name disputes or law enforcement
investigations.

Under the proposed policy, WHOIS will continue to
display technical information while access to domain
name Registrant personal information will require
completion of a formal request process. ?Once
implemented, these policy changes will place CIRA and
the dot-ca WHOIS as a world leader in protecting the
rights and privacy of individual Registrants,? states
Dr. Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet
and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa and
former CIRA Board Member.

In August 2006 CIRA launched a two month consultation
to measure support for the proposed WHOIS Privacy
Policy implementation. The results of the consultation
are:

80.8% agreed with proposed changes that maintain
fairness in the CIRA Dispute Resolution Policy (CDRP.)


80.9% agreed with the proposed process to pass
correspondence from interested parties to domain
registrants 

73.7% agreed with the proposed WHOIS opt-in rules that
allows domain name Registrants to choose to have their
personal information publicly accessible in the WHOIS
database 

47.4% agreed, compared to 43.7% who did not agree,
with changes to the disclosure notification period.
The proposed policy provides notification to domain
name Registrants when WHOIS information is disclosed
to a third party such as law enforcement. 

Based on the results of the public consultation, CIRA
is preparing a final set of policies and an
implementation plan. CIRA will work on the procedural
and technological changes necessary to support the
revamped WHOIS Privacy Policy with implementation
starting in late 2007.

http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/198.html


 
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