[ga] Re: Hearings in Washington

["Paul M. Kane" <Paul.Kane@REACTO.com>]

Thanks for this information Danny..... the WHOIS subject is of interest to many
people around the world ...... and good morning from Brussels....

The survey is available in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.  To
date we have received 1600+ comments, the majority of which contain substantive
comments which the WHOIS sub-committee (comprising each of the DNSO's
Constituency representative and the GA Chair) will read and write a report
high-lighting the common areas of agreement and where more work is necessary.
It was intended the final report be prepared for the ICANN Montevideo meeting,
but in light of the wealth of material, and the need to digest the various
comments it is most likely the Montevideo report will be a verbal interim report.

This is the first time an ICANN survey has been in a significant number of
languages, our objective is to ensure our consultation process encompasses the
broadest outreach. The comment period is open until the 31st July and I urge all
those who have not done so already to submit their comments as soon as possible.

Best regards

Paul

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> I was able to attend yesterday's U.S. Senate committee hearing on Privacy &
> the Internet, and I am pleased to report that the privacy concerns of
> individuals seem to be shared by many U.S. legislators.  There seemed to be a
> general agreement that the DOC's Safe Harbor program is meeting with success.
>  For more information on Safe Harbor, you may visit the following URL:
> http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/
>
> While unable to attend today's House Hearings on the WHOIS database, the
> preliminary testimony appears to be quite encouraging:
> http://www.house.gov/judiciary/4.htm
> Some of the most interesting comments were put forth by the President of
> Junkbusters Corp.:  http://www.house.gov/judiciary/catlett_071201.htm
>
> Also, please note that it appears that our efforts with regard to WHOIS will
> closely be examined:
>
> "Earlier this month, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> announced that it has launched a study to gauge the privacy concerns raised
> by the public accessibility of the whois database. This study is directed to
> anyone who has ever used the service, both in the global top level domains
> and in the 244 country-code top level domains. I look forward to seeing the
> results of this study, and comparing them to what we hear today from our
> witnesses."  -- http://www.house.gov/judiciary/berman_071201.htm
>
> As results from the WHOIS survey will soon be released, I encourage you to
> put forward your thoughts on this topic.  Our GA-SYS list has been dealing
> with this topic.  So far, the WHOIS survey, as of the date of the NC
> teleconference, has generated 1300 responses.
>
> Perhaps Paul Kane, the NC Whois Committee Chair can provide us with an update
> and indications of his plans going forward...



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