[ga-sys] ICANN committment to protecting privacy

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/e-privacy/message/109

By Brock N. Meeks
MSNBC October 1999

<snip>
ICANN¹s interim CEO Mike Roberts told MSNBC that continued public access to
³whois² information ³also needs to include a thoughtful consideration of
latter-day concerns about personal information and its uses in the network
context.²

Roberts said ICANN is ³committed to protecting privacyŠ both as a matter of
law and principle. How exactly the sometimes conflicting needs of public
access and personal privacy will be balanced is a job that is still in front
of us.²

<snip>

Although the [Whois] agreement allows domain name holders the right to opt
out of having their information sold to third parties, no procedures or
guidelines have been written to implement such an option. Nor is it clear
that all domain name registrars must provide their customers that option.

Pincus told MSNBC that the issue of domain name privacy might be something
ICANN could take up on a later date.

[...]
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It is not unreasonable to expect ICANN to take some action now, more than 30
months after the committment was made.

Regards,
Joanna


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