[CCWG-ACCT] Other forms of Accountability?

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Can we add the issue of whether ICANN falls under antitrust
legislation (such as the Sherman Act), and if so what the
implications are, to the questions to the legal experts, please?

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On 2015-03-03 07:35, Jeff Neuman wrote:
> I guess I am saying something different.  I am not talking about
> holding the staff individually accountable, but rather holding the
> organization accountable for the actions/inactions of its staff.
> This could be in the form of Service Level credits to customers,
> independent community lead audits, monetary sanctions (paid to a
> community fund) for failures, required remedial actions in cases
> of security breaches which include mandatory disclosures (credit
> checks if financial information is disclosed), Required
> outsourcing of certain functions if iCANN itself cannot implement
> in a secure manner, etc.  Each of the above are absolutely
> implementable.
> 
> As I said, if ICANN were not a monopoly, the market in theory
> could handle some of this with customers walking away to
> competitors or members leaving a non-profit to join others (or not
> paying dues).  Here, that is not an option.
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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