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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Eugene H. Spafford<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday,
26 June 2006 9:29 PM<BR><BR><B>Subject:</B> Comment on whois privacy
policy<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Greetings.
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<DIV>I am the chair of the ACM's US Public Policy Committee.? A<FONT
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class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">CM, the Association for Computing
Machinery <A href="http://www.acm.org">http://www.acm.org</A>, is an educational
and scientific society uniting 80,000 of the world?s computing educators,
researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address
the field?s challenges.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">??The ACM U.S. Public Policy Committee (USACM) <A
href="http://www.acm.org/usacm">www.acm.org/usacm</A> serves as the focal point
for ACM?s interaction with U.S. government organizations, the computing
community, and the U.S. public in all matters of U.S. public policy related to
information technology.?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">We have been informed that
recently ICANN approved a new policy about disclosure of information (privacy)?
held in the "whois" database.? ?We have also been informed that this new policy
is being reconsidered as a result of intense lobbying by various
organizations.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The attached is an official
policy document of USACM with 24 recommendations for protecting the privacy of
personal data held in collections such as the "whois" database.? We would ask
that you refer to this as a form of "best practice" for the protection of
personal information.? ?Although we are not in a position to register any
specific, formal statement regarding your decision of final disclosure rules for
the "whois" data, we urge you to consider your decisions in light of our privacy
recommendations, and to make decisions consistent with those recommendations.?
To do so is to provide appropriate privacy to the Internet
public.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">If you need additional
information about these recommendations, please feel free to contact me<SPAN
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size=2> . </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Eugene H. Spafford,
PhD</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Chair, USACM</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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