[CCWG-ACCT] "Consumer Trust" in the Mission Statement

[Nigel Roberts]

"Furthermore,under EU law, the notion of consumer does not extend to 
legal persons, even if they have a non-business character (e.g. 
non-profit associations).

The Court of Justice has consis-
tently held that EU definitions of consumer must
not be given a wider interpretation."

On 01/09/2016 10:30 PM, Nigel Roberts wrote:
> The definition of 'consumer' in this is problematic.
>
> In EU legislation it generally excludes businesses.  A common
> understanding would be a 'natural person acting outside the scope of an
> economic activity'.
>
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> On 01/09/2016 09:56 PM, Bruce Tonkin wrote:
>> Hello Malcolm,
>>
>>>> Even if rephrased, I don't think I understand what is intended to be
>>>> meant by "consumer trust".
>>
>> It is a general term like human rights and public interest.
>>
>> I think the key is that it needs to be grounded in what it means for
>> ICANN's limited mission.
>>
>> If we are talking about domain names it could be that:
>>
>> - a domain name resolves deterministically to a particular resource
>> connected to the Internet
>>
>> (the implementation of DNSSEC at the root was intended to help with that)
>>
>> - there is a legal person that can be contacted when there is a
>> problem with the operation of the  domain name
>>
>> (the collection and publication of contact information was intended to
>> help with that)
>>
>> What it should not be in my personal view:
>>
>> - anything to do with the content of a website that might be referred
>> to by the domain name
>>
>> - anything to do with the characteristics of a legal person associated
>> with a domain name that might be inferred from the name
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bruce Tonkin
>>
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