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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Jim Bikoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jbikoff@sgbdc.com" target="_blank">jbikoff@sgbdc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Dear All, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Although the question groupings are still being completed, it may be helpful to our audience if we grouped the questions in the letters in some logical, categorical manner, even if that grouping is but a draft.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>To address the substantive content of the questions, it seems that the ultimate issue is set forth in the first question: "What, if any, are the types of Standard Services Practices that should be adopted and published
by ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers?” The questions following it address that main issue. Most of the issues and questions could be subsumed under the following general categories:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style> · <b>MAINTENANCE</b> of privacy/proxy services; <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style> · <b>CONTACT</b> point provided by each privacy/proxy service;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style> · <b>RELAY</b> of complaints to the privacy/proxy customer; and <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style> · <b>REVEAL</b> of privacy/proxy customers' identities. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If we followed this categorization, the issues and questions would be grouped as follows: <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>MAIN ISSUES<u></u><u></u></u></b></p>
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1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What, if any, are the types of Standard Service Practices that should be adopted and published by ICANN-accredited
<a name="1438da399ac41f84__GoBack"></a>privacy/proxy service providers? <u></u><u></u></p>
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2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should ICANN distinguish between privacy and proxy services for the purpose of the accreditation process? <u></u><u></u></p>
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3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What are the contractual obligations, if any, that, if unfulfilled, would justify termination of customer access by ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers? Should there be any forms of non-compliance that
would trigger cancellation or suspension of registrations? If so, which?<u></u><u></u></p>
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4.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What are the effects of the privacy and proxy service specification contained in the 2013 RAA? Have these new requirements improved WHOIS quality, registrant contactability, and service usability?<u></u><u></u></p>
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5.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What should be the contractual obligations of ICANN accredited registrars with regard to accredited privacy/proxy service providers? Should registrars be permitted to knowingly accept registrations where the registrant
is using unaccredited service providers that are bound to the same standards as accredited service providers? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>MAINTENANCE</u></b> <u></u><u></u></p>
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1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers be required to label WHOIS entries to clearly show when a registration is made through a privacy/proxy service?<u></u><u></u></p>
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2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers be required to conduct periodic checks to ensure accuracy of customer contact information; and if so, how?<u></u><u></u></p>
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3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What rights and responsibilities should customers of privacy/proxy services have? What obligations should ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers have in managing these rights and responsibilities? Clarify
how transfers, renewals, and PEDNR policies should apply. <u></u><u></u></p>
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4.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers distinguish between domain names registered or used for commercial with those registered or used for personal purposes? Specifically, is the use of privacy/proxy
services appropriate when a domain name is registered or used for commercial purposes?
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5.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should there be a difference in the data fields to be displayed if the domain name is registered or used for a commercial purpose or by a commercial entity instead of a natural person? <u></u><u></u></p>
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6.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should the use of privacy/proxy services be restricted only to registrants who are private individuals using the domain name for non-commercial purposes?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>CONTACT</u></b> <u></u><u></u></p>
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1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What measures should be taken to ensure contactability and responsiveness of the providers? <u></u><u></u></p>
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2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers be required to maintain dedicated points of contact for reporting abuse? If so, should the terms be consistent with the requirements applicable to registrars
under Section 3.18 of the RAA?<u></u><u></u></p>
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3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should full WHOIS contact details for ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers be required?<u></u><u></u></p>
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4.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What forms of malicious conduct, if any, should be covered by a designated published point of contact at an ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service provider?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>RELAY </u></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What, if any, baseline minimum standardized relay processes should be adopted by ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers?<u></u><u></u></p>
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2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers be required to forward to the customer all allegations of illegal activities they receive relating to specific domain names of the customer? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>REVEAL </u></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>What, if any, baseline minimum standardized reveal processes should be adopted by ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers?<u></u><u></u></p>
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2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Should ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy service providers be required to reveal customer identities for the specific purpose of ensuring timely service of cease and desist letters? <u></u><u></u></p>
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3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span> What forms of alleged malicious conduct, if any, and what evidentiary standard would be sufficient to trigger such disclosure? What specific violations, if any, would be sufficient to trigger such disclosure?
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4.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span> What safeguards, if any, should be put in place to ensure adequate protections for privacy and freedom of expression? Should these standards vary depending on whether the website is being used for commercial or
non-commercial purposes? What safeguards or remedies should be available in cases where publication is found to have been unwarranted?<u></u><u></u></p>
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5.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span> What circumstances, if any, would warrant access to registrant data by law enforcement agencies? <u></u><u></u></p>
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6.<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span> What clear, workable, enforceable and standardized processes should be adopted by ICANN-accredited privacy/proxy services in order to regulate such access (if such access is warranted)? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Please let me know if this categorization is helpful.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Jim<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>James L. Bikoff<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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