[registrars] Regarding access to registrar data at Registry Board level
Title: RE: [registrars] PersonalNames.com In
response to Tim's issue about access to per registrar proprietary information, I
believe that the structure of at least Afilias and Neulevel has been set up such
that no registrar on the Board has access to any such sensitive
information. It is actually defined in the registry agreements and was
part of the original registry proposals, and the registry concerned would risk
losing ICANN accreditation if this was not the case. It is simply not
worth it for the registry operator to take such a risk.
I
would assume that in regard to GNR, that ICANN would also seek such assurances
before allowing them to operate a registrar.
As
Mike had suggested, I would like to hear from GNR how they propose to deal
with the issues, and ensure that the Registrar component of GNR does not trade
using information obtained about other registrars through the registry
operation.
This
would include information on the structure of the registrar component and
separation of staff etc. Verisign certainly needed to establish full staff
separation between the registry and registrar operation.
Regards,
Bruce
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