Re: [ga] New Privacy Initiative

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 16:19 4/04/01 -0700, Bret Fausett wrote:
>Kudos to Tucows for taking the first steps in making the privacy of
>registrant data a new ICANN consensus policy. You can find a letter sent
>today from Tucows to the ICANN Board, DNSO Names Council, and registrar
>community here:
>
>  http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg00465.html
>
>The goal apparently is to create a new ICANN consensus policy that will
>prevent the misuse of a registrant's personal data for mass marketing
>purposes. 
>
>This seems like something that the General Assembly could and should
>support.
>
Especially for Individual Domain Name Holders privacy of their home
adresses and protection against abuse of their email adresses is a crucial
issue.

At this point in time, only EU citizens enjoy such protection.

-joop


--Joop Teernstra LL.M.--  
the Cyberspace Association and 
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
Elected representative.
http://www.idno.org  

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