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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Maria Farrell
[mailto:maria.farrell@icann.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:42
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'owner-council@gnso.icann.org'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Final Whois
Task Force report on Recommendation 1 - improving notification and
consent<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
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class=656022816-26052005><SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Dear
all, </SPAN><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><B> </B><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Attached
is the Final Task Force Report on recommendations for
improving notification and consent for the use of contact data in the Whois
system. I am submitting this report to you on behalf of the Combined
WHOIS Task Force (1, 2, 3) of the GNSO Council.
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The
Combined Whois Task Force has continued the work of Task Force 2 whose
terms of reference (29 October 2003) included the task of determining; "What is
the best way to inform registrants of what information about themselves is made
publicly available when they register a domain name and ... and receive
notification of its use?" </SPAN></STRONG><B><o:p></o:p></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">In
addition, during the combined task force's discussions, a number of
implementation issues were identified as possibly appropriate for
consideration by an implementation group, if the Council chooses to
form such a group. This list is attached with the caveats that the
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">issues
are not agreed on by everyone in the task force, are all worthy of further
consideration and the list is not exhaustive.<SPAN
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color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Best
regards, Maria<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
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