Re: [ga-sys] ICANN committment to protecting privacy

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Joanna and all,

  It seems clear that the current ICANN BoD has decided that what
Mike Roberts said here is no longer the direction the ICANN BoD
wishes it's policy should go....

Joanna Lane wrote:

> 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.
>
> [...]
> __________________________________________________________________________
>
> 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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