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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="GA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Terri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="GA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="GA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The key words in there are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="GA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“existing policy” – that’s subject to change and there are more than half a dozen current WHOIS related activities ongoing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="GA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“applicable laws”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="GA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Both .cat and .tel whois is compliant with EU data privacy law and protects the rights of private individuals BUT allows
for access to data to LEA <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="GA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">See:
<a href="http://fundacio.cat/ca/whois-access">http://fundacio.cat/ca/whois-access</a> for example<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Terri Stumme<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 March 2015 05:08<br>
<b>To:</b> Stephanie Perrin<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] [GNSO-ppsai-pdp-wg] Openness of WHOIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">While this is true, we cannot ignore the Affirmation of Commitments:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">9.3.1 </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ICANN</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"> additionally
commits to enforcing its existing policy relating to </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">WHOIS</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">, subject to applicable laws. Such existing policy requires that </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ICANN</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"> implement
measures to maintain timely, unrestricted and public access to accurate and complete </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">WHOIS </span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">information, including registrant,
technical, billing, and administrative contact information. One year from the effective date of this document and then no less frequently than every three years thereafter, </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ICANN</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"> will
organize a review of </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">WHOIS</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"> policy and its implementation to assess the extent to which </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">WHOIS</span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"> policy
is effective and its implementation meets the legitimate needs of law enforcement and promotes consumer trust. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Further to our discussion this morning about the openness (or otherwise) of WHOIS, here is the quote I was referring to from the SSAC document 003, from 2003:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In order for Whois data to be readily available it must be both accessible and usable by
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">automatic tools. To be accessible the Whois protocol must be updated to support the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">recent shift in the architecture to separate the functions of the registry and the registrar.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This shift has made it impractical to support searching and frequently makes it difficult to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">find Whois services. To be usable the data returned by Whois services must in be a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">common format.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">However, being accessible and usable must also protect a registrant's privacy. Many
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">countries require that personal information is protected but in addition registrants may
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">wish to discourage the unintended, undesirable, and otherwise unwanted uses of their
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Whois data. In particular, it is widely believed that Whois data is a source of email
</span></b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">addresses for the distribution of spam. Methods must be developed to discourage the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">harvesting or mining of Whois information</span></b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<br>
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I interpret this as support for the notion that there have been reservations from parties other than civil
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society, with respect to the concept of all WHOIS data being freely available, from the early days of ICANN.<span style="color:#888888"><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Stephanie Perrin</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background:#9FC5E8">Terri Stumme</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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