[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] WSGR Final Memorandum

Volker Greimann vgreimann at key-systems.net
Fri Sep 29 15:13:43 UTC 2017


In that case, I apologize for my misunderstanding.


Am 29.09.2017 um 17:05 schrieb allison nixon:
> You once again completely misrepresent me and frame me as something i 
> am not.
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Volker Greimann 
> <vgreimann at key-systems.net <mailto:vgreimann at key-systems.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Allison,
>
>     it appears you belong to the school of thinking that any means is
>     legitimate to catch or prevent crime, whereas I belong to the
>     school of thinking that limits those means the means not
>     infringing on the rights of third parties. That is ok, we agree to
>     disagree and move on.
>
>
>     Am 29.09.2017 um 16:12 schrieb allison nixon:
>>     [Volker's mail]
>>     >>the reason why phishing, spam, and malware never appeared in
>>     the document is because they have nothing to do with the question
>>     of privacy rights. Except that violating such rights exposes the
>>     data subjects to those forms of abuse.
>>
>>     False. What makes copyright violation(which was spoken about
>>     numerous times in the doc) more relevant than
>>     spam/fraud/phishing/malware? Who made that determination? It was
>>     stated numerous times that the rights of the registrant have to
>>     be weighed against the rights of the people exposed to these
>>     domains. Since spam, fraud, phishing, malware, are all issues
>>     relevant to the general public, they are relevant issues to
>>     weigh. This sounds like an attempt to throw out an issue because
>>     no sane counter-argument exists for it. You are once again
>>     trolling the group with irrelevant and illogical arguments while
>>     attempting to throw out arguments that are relevant.
>     Again, I expect a retraction and apology. Not accepting my
>     argument does not entitle anyone to name-calling or questioning my
>     motives, especially when the person making the allegations is
>     doing the very same thing he/she is alleging me of doing to
>     invalidate my arguments.
>
>     Anyway, your comment has nothing to do with the point I was
>     making. No one is making one form of abuse more relevant than
>     another. Yet when weighing the prevention of abuse against the
>     legal rights of uninvolved third parties, those third parties win,
>     unless there is a legal justification that these rights may be
>     infringed upon or set aside.
>
>
>>
>>     [Volker's mail]
>>     >>I agree that this group does not make policy for ccTLDs, but we
>>     do not operate in a vacuum. ccTLDs - due to the variety of their
>>     approaches - have been an ideal policy testing ground and I see
>>     no reasons not to take what works from the various ccTLD
>>     policies. If something works well for .eu, why should it not also
>>     work well for .africa, for example? or .com?
>>
>>     Quite a few ccTLDs require additional identifying information to
>>     prove that the person is a resident of that country or that there
>>     is a physical corporate presence within the country. We could
>>     follow that model if you're so interested in that- quite a few
>>     ccTLDs have very low rates of abuse due to the elaborate checks
>>     in place to resolve the registrant to a known person or entity.
>>     Are you willing to front the costs? You aren't, because you are
>>     trolling.
>
>     I am aware of these models, we are specialized in serving next to
>     all ccTLDs after all. In most cases such verification does not
>     occur at the time of registration though, and when it does, it is
>     usually not a European registry. And yes, there are even those
>     where it is, and in those cases, that information, while
>     collected, is for the exclusive use of the registry and not being
>     published. And finally, where such publication does occur despite
>     privacy regulations being in place as well, there always is a
>     legal basis for it, not the whim of the registry.
>
>>
>>     [Volker's mail]
>>     >>it is interesting that despite studies showing there is no
>>     correlation between domain abuse and use of domain privacy, the
>>     same argument is being raised again and again.
>>
>>     A convenient misinterpretation of the facts. It's not a reliable
>>     indicator, it is one factor out of many, and it is a significant
>>     factor. No single indicator is a reliable indicator. you are once
>>     again trolling.
>     It seems you are really running out of good arguments if this
>     baseless and unwarranted accusation is all you have to bring to
>     the table to counter my argument.
>
>     Best,
>     Volker
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 9:05 AM, John Bambenek via
>>     gnso-rds-pdp-wg <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>>     <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         I think you mistake his point. Domain whois data IS useful in
>>         fighting abuse according to everyone who actually fights
>>         abuse. The report referenced making the statement it did
>>         shows there remains a misunderstanding on that point.
>>
>>         Sent from my iPad
>>
>>         On Sep 29, 2017, at 3:20 AM, Volker Greimann
>>         <vgreimann at key-systems.net
>>         <mailto:vgreimann at key-systems.net>> wrote:
>>
>>>         Hi Theo,
>>>
>>>         it is interesting that despite studies showing there is no
>>>         correlation between domain abuse and use of domain privacy,
>>>         the same argument is being raised again and again. from my
>>>         own experience of looking at the abuse complaints we
>>>         receive, I note that only a small fraction of abusive
>>>         registrations use our privacy functions. In most cases,
>>>         harvested real data is used instead.
>>>
>>>         Best,
>>>
>>>         Volker
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>         https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sadag-final-09aug17-en.pdf
>>>>         <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sadag-final-09aug17-en.pdf>
>>>>
>>>>         This report mentions: The usage of Privacy or Proxy
>>>>         Services by itself is not a reliable indicator of abuse.
>>>>
>>>>         Thanks again,
>>>>
>>>>         Theo
>>>>
>>>>         Again it is clear now, thanks all.
>>>>         On 28-9-2017 20:50, Dotzero wrote:
>>>>>         To add to what Allison has indicated, websites do analysis
>>>>>         of these sorts of datapoints for evaluating transactions
>>>>>         for fraud and potential abuse. For example, signups form
>>>>>         domains that have private registrations have a very high
>>>>>         propensity to be related to abuse. Signups and visits to
>>>>>         our websites from IP addresses belonging to hosting
>>>>>         providers have an even higher correlation with abuse (how
>>>>>         many endusers browse the web from severs in datacenters?).
>>>>>
>>>>>         This is not police action, it is organizations protecting
>>>>>         themselves, their other users and the internet at large
>>>>>         from abusive activity.
>>>>>
>>>>>         Michael Hammer
>>>>>
>>>>>         On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 2:33 PM, allison nixon
>>>>>         <elsakoo at gmail.com <mailto:elsakoo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>             Reputation is based on a lot of different points not
>>>>>             just contents of WHOIS data. If the .EU TLD can keep
>>>>>             its customer base clean, there isn't much need for
>>>>>             WHOIS data for the most part, however this group
>>>>>             doesn't make policy for ccTLDs. For other TLDs that
>>>>>             this group does recommend policy for, for example,
>>>>>             .XYZ, which boasts a greater-than-90-percent rate of
>>>>>             maliciousness, any legitimate domain in that space
>>>>>             will need some other points of reputation to make up
>>>>>             for that. WHOIS is part of that, including the age,
>>>>>             and actual contact details.
>>>>>
>>>>>             That said, WHOIS data is an important part of tracing
>>>>>             ownership and it can have consequences for the registrant.
>>>>>
>>>>>             Recently we had to deal with a ccTLD of .ir that was
>>>>>             being used to control large botnets. The current and
>>>>>             historical WHOIS data showed signs that a legitimate
>>>>>             registrant's account was stolen to do this. Thus, when
>>>>>             the complaint was sent to the registrar, the
>>>>>             registrant was not accused of running botnets, but
>>>>>             instead the registrar was alerted to an abuse of the
>>>>>             service and they could take action accordingly. If the
>>>>>             ownership of this domain could not be traced, and if
>>>>>             there were not skilled investigators on the other end,
>>>>>             would the registrant have been in danger of going to
>>>>>             an Iranian prison?
>>>>>
>>>>>             It turns out, the ccTLD of .ir was specifically chosen
>>>>>             because the criminals thought the poor international
>>>>>             relations would hamper law enforcement action. However
>>>>>             WHOIS and the transparency it provides allowed people
>>>>>             to discover the truth and prevent serious problems. By
>>>>>             locking up WHOIS behind court orders, these
>>>>>             cross-border issues will become worse.
>>>>>
>>>>>             Also, to be clear since a lot of people can't seem to
>>>>>             tell the difference, everything we did was well within
>>>>>             the bounds of civil action, we weren't "pretending to
>>>>>             be the police" or any of the other things people in
>>>>>             this group accuse security companies of doing when
>>>>>             they deal with malware. Any member of the public can
>>>>>             file an abuse complaint.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>             On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 2:10 PM, theo geurts
>>>>>             <gtheo at xs4all.nl <mailto:gtheo at xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Allison,
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Does this problem also exsist with TLDs like .EU,
>>>>>                 .NL, .DE, .FR just to name a few ccTLDs?
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Curious,
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Theo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                 On 28-9-2017 19:42, allison nixon wrote:
>>>>>>                 >> So, I can see a day that if privacy advocates
>>>>>>                 and/or EU legislation fears prevent such a Best
>>>>>>                 Practice as proper WHOIS records, the service
>>>>>>                 providers will simply choose practices, such as
>>>>>>                 'you cannot access our service unless you have
>>>>>>                 public whois information available'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 It's already happening. Try sending an e-mail
>>>>>>                 using a domain behind WHOIS privacy. Some
>>>>>>                 anti-spam systems drop it straight in the garbage
>>>>>>                 because WHOIS privacy is already a negative
>>>>>>                 reputation point. If WHOIS gets shut down, I
>>>>>>                 fully expect groups like Spamhaus, M3AAWG, APWG,
>>>>>>                 etc, to publish a set of guidelines that
>>>>>>                 registrants need to abide by in order to send
>>>>>>                 mail, or be accessible by people behind corporate
>>>>>>                 firewalls that block based on reputation. ICANN
>>>>>>                 must understand that they are at risk of losing
>>>>>>                 relevancy if they want to take this hardline
>>>>>>                 approach, because if a law breaks the continued
>>>>>>                 functioning of a network, the network will route
>>>>>>                 around it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 Look at the "cookies" EU law. Did that actually
>>>>>>                 stop any websites from using cookies? No, it just
>>>>>>                 created a popup that no one reads but everyone
>>>>>>                 clicks through to visit the website. Because
>>>>>>                 breaking cookies breaks websites.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 >>Some of us have real jobs too..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 which is the main reason why i can't spend 8
>>>>>>                 hours every day watching this group, unlike some
>>>>>>                 people here who have been active in this group
>>>>>>                 for years now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 My response to Chuck's email earlier, I bolded
>>>>>>                 the responses and tagged the start and end of my
>>>>>>                 replies for clarity:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     "independent answers to the same questions we
>>>>>>                     asked the European data protection experts
>>>>>>                     earlier in the year"
>>>>>>                     [Chuck Gomes] That was a request from WG
>>>>>>                     members who felt that the DP experts might be
>>>>>>                     biased.  The questions were developed by the
>>>>>>                     WG.  There were two primary reasons for using
>>>>>>                     the same questions: 1) both groups would be
>>>>>>                     responding to the same questions and
>>>>>>                     therefore make it easy to compare; 2) the
>>>>>>                     questions were approved by the WG.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 *<allison>I don't think anyone accused the DP
>>>>>>                 experts of being biased. The objection was that
>>>>>>                 the questions themselves were biased. The words
>>>>>>                 "phishing" and "spam" and "malware" never once
>>>>>>                 appeared in this entire document, despite being
>>>>>>                 major core issues. The only abuse issues that
>>>>>>                 were focused on were in relation to intellectual
>>>>>>                 property violation and harassment of women, both
>>>>>>                 of which are not the major issues most of us deal
>>>>>>                 with on a daily basis(not to belittle them but
>>>>>>                 they are generally not the reason why we are here
>>>>>>                 today). The word "fraud" was mentioned once in a
>>>>>>                 question and then never directly addressed in the
>>>>>>                 response.*
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *Additionally, my entire industry was grossly
>>>>>>                 misrepresented in question #6. None of us operate
>>>>>>                 with police powers, and none of us pretend to
>>>>>>                 have any. When we submit a complaint to a
>>>>>>                 registrar about one of their customers breaking
>>>>>>                 the law, the illegality of the act provides
>>>>>>                 necessary justification for the registrar to drop
>>>>>>                 the customer without a refund. This is not
>>>>>>                 prosecution of a crime, and claiming it is such
>>>>>>                 is a lie. Evidence of breaking the law is
>>>>>>                 necessary because registrars aren't just going to
>>>>>>                 take down any customer we say we don't like. I
>>>>>>                 wholly object to the entire line they continued
>>>>>>                 on about cybersecurity companies and
>>>>>>                 "quasi-police powers", because the question never
>>>>>>                 differentiated between civil and criminal actions
>>>>>>                 and it was therefore misleading. *
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *None of the questions addressed the issues that
>>>>>>                 registrants have where their WHOIS and other
>>>>>>                 reputation points affect the de-facto
>>>>>>                 functionality of a domain, for example a domain's
>>>>>>                 functionality is hampered when it is on
>>>>>>                 blocklists. Or if someone sends a complaint
>>>>>>                 against the domain and has no tools to
>>>>>>                 differentiate the registrant from the criminal
>>>>>>                 (as registrar accounts are often hacked), then
>>>>>>                 the incorrect accusation can also affect the
>>>>>>                 operability of the domain as it is mistakenly
>>>>>>                 taken down in confusion. None of the questions
>>>>>>                 ask about conflicts between GDPR and basic
>>>>>>                 network-level-functionality of domains.*
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *Also, none of the questions ask if a free
>>>>>>                 no-obligation alternative (whois privacy protect)
>>>>>>                 enhances the validity of consent given for making
>>>>>>                 WHOIS records public. </allison>*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     So we weren't allowed to ask questions of
>>>>>>                     these legal experts? You know, they can't
>>>>>>                     magically divine all legitimate use cases.
>>>>>>                     The session with the EU data protection
>>>>>>                     experts earlier this year is the exact same
>>>>>>                     one we objected to because anti abuse use
>>>>>>                     cases got exactly zero representation. So why
>>>>>>                     choose that exact set of questions again
>>>>>>                     especially since an entire group of people
>>>>>>                     have joined the group afterwards(actually,
>>>>>>                     due to this specific problem of lack of
>>>>>>                     representation)? And then label it "final",
>>>>>>                     really.
>>>>>>                     [Chuck Gomes] We didn’t ask them to consider
>>>>>>                     use cases except as they were relevant to the
>>>>>>                     questions we asked; that is our job and we
>>>>>>                     prepared a list of those a long time ago.  We
>>>>>>                     asked them to focus on their understanding of
>>>>>>                     European Data Protection law.  Our WG has a
>>>>>>                     good mix of people that use RDS data for
>>>>>>                     different uses.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 *<allison>And his answers are borderline useless.
>>>>>>                 The scenarios presented were extremely poor, and
>>>>>>                 not reflecting today's Internet and the problems
>>>>>>                 network operators face. For example, when he
>>>>>>                 writes "This means that the term 'vital interest'
>>>>>>                 is to be interpreted as referring to an
>>>>>>                 individual’s life, health, safety, or other such
>>>>>>                 interest that is essential to their physical
>>>>>>                 wellbeing", he goes on to talk about IP
>>>>>>                 violations, the rights of a child, the economic
>>>>>>                 interests of a search engine, finally concluding
>>>>>>                 "we believe that the **conditions for using the
>>>>>>                 'legitimate interests' legal basis would not be
>>>>>>                 satisfied".*
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *That's a complete misrepresentation of the
>>>>>>                 interests at stake here. The issue at hand is not
>>>>>>                 the economic interests of one company nor about
>>>>>>                 mere copyright infringement. The WHOIS data
>>>>>>                 resource is used to combat all types of fraud,
>>>>>>                 international espionage, rigging of elections,
>>>>>>                 and so many hostile attacks. Some of these
>>>>>>                 attacks, especially DDOS, frequently threaten
>>>>>>                 basic functionality of the Internet. It has an
>>>>>>                 international strategic value and promotes lawful
>>>>>>                 behavior far more than it hurts. It's used to
>>>>>>                 create cleaner, safer networks. There are
>>>>>>                 countless documented instances where WHOIS played
>>>>>>                 a key role and where the replacement system would
>>>>>>                 have allowed the malicious behavior to continue.
>>>>>>                 All of these facts have been conveniently left
>>>>>>                 out of the question, and since the lawyer can't
>>>>>>                 be expected to know all this, he has no choice
>>>>>>                 but to conclude that the legitimate interests
>>>>>>                 provided are too weak. </allison>*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     Havent gone through it yet, will do so as i
>>>>>>                     get time. Expecting to see the same result
>>>>>>                     one can expect when one doesn't represent
>>>>>>                     entire groups of constituencies.
>>>>>>                     [Chuck Gomes] What do you mean by
>>>>>>                     representing ‘entire groups of
>>>>>>                     constituencies’? Do you represent an entire
>>>>>>                     constituency? Are you aware of any
>>>>>>                     constituencies who are not represented in the
>>>>>>                     WG?  If so, please encourage them to participate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 *<allison>Dozens of people joined this mailing
>>>>>>                 list after numerous events demonstrated that this
>>>>>>                 working group did not consider the overall well
>>>>>>                 being of the Internet, and had a completely
>>>>>>                 skewed idea of the problems the Internet faces
>>>>>>                 today. People were outraged that this group was
>>>>>>                 going in the direction it was going, ignoring how
>>>>>>                 the Internet actually works. The fact that these
>>>>>>                 questions were chosen- and the fact that the new
>>>>>>                 membership(especially those that joined after the
>>>>>>                 questions were initially asked) were not given
>>>>>>                 any opportunity to provide input on questions to
>>>>>>                 the lawyer- does not reflect well on the
>>>>>>                 leadership of this working group. Even when the
>>>>>>                 original questions were created, as far as I can
>>>>>>                 tell, only people physically present at that
>>>>>>                 meeting had any chance to provide input. For
>>>>>>                 those of us with jobs in operations, being
>>>>>>                 ever-present for this working group is
>>>>>>                 impossible, and none of us have the stamina that
>>>>>>                 some of the people here have, because we are busy
>>>>>>                 working. *
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *At its most charitable interpretation, the
>>>>>>                 choice of these specific questions could be an
>>>>>>                 innocent oversight or miscommunication. At its
>>>>>>                 least charitable, it looks like ICANN's money was
>>>>>>                 wasted on a procedural trick to keep facts out of
>>>>>>                 the conversation and continue to push a narrow
>>>>>>                 agenda.*
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *
>>>>>>                 *People from numerous unrelated Internet
>>>>>>                 companies and law firms flooded this group
>>>>>>                 earlier this year once sunshine was shed on this
>>>>>>                 group's activities. Maybe that's important.
>>>>>>                 Please take it seriously. </allison>*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Michael
>>>>>>                 Peddemors <michael at linuxmagic.com
>>>>>>                 <mailto:michael at linuxmagic.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     IMHO, If ICANN cannot figure out how to make
>>>>>>                     a proper functioning WHOIS policy, we have to
>>>>>>                     remember that the community at large will,
>>>>>>                     and then simply, ICANN will loose relevance
>>>>>>                     on this issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     No one passed a law that a mail server had to
>>>>>>                     have a functioning PTR record, (well yes,
>>>>>>                     some international spam legislations clearly
>>>>>>                     spelled out the need for clearly specifying
>>>>>>                     the operator) but if you want to send email
>>>>>>                     today, functionally you need a PTR record.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     Only problem is, that often it is the biggest
>>>>>>                     players that set those standards, and it is
>>>>>>                     the role of organizations like ICANN to level
>>>>>>                     the field, and make sure that directions
>>>>>>                     aren't dictated by the biggest players on the
>>>>>>                     block, and never more so in a world of
>>>>>>                     consolidation and cloud providers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     I think it was Yahoo that was one of the
>>>>>>                     first big players to simply not accept
>>>>>>                     connections from IP(s) with no PTR, and I
>>>>>>                     know we were one of the early adopters to
>>>>>>                     that strategy..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     So, I can see a day that if privacy advocates
>>>>>>                     and/or EU legislation fears prevent such a
>>>>>>                     Best Practice as proper WHOIS records, the
>>>>>>                     service providers will simply choose
>>>>>>                     practices, such as 'you cannot access our
>>>>>>                     service unless you have public whois
>>>>>>                     information available'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     It would be far better if ICANN can
>>>>>>                     understand the importance of that need, and
>>>>>>                     make a statement that everyone can get behind
>>>>>>                     and point to, that levels that field, in
>>>>>>                     'spite' of possible contradictory privacy
>>>>>>                     information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     Let's just simple keep these two
>>>>>>                     conversations separate, one should NOT affect
>>>>>>                     the other, this isn't a privacy vs
>>>>>>                     information publishing standards issue, we
>>>>>>                     can have both.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     (And again, I assert that simply 'informed
>>>>>>                     consent' can always deal with any situations
>>>>>>                     where they conflict)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             -- Michael --
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     PS, my concern is that this lengthy wrangling
>>>>>>                     prevents real work from getting done, and the
>>>>>>                     participants who are integral to this
>>>>>>                     conversation will fall by the way side, and
>>>>>>                     the lobbyist's will simply wear them down ..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     Some of us have real jobs too..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     On 17-09-27 02:58 PM, John Bambenek via
>>>>>>                     gnso-rds-pdp-wg wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         A simple policy proscription would be,
>>>>>>                         for instance, to say under US law if you
>>>>>>                         get a domain under the control of a US
>>>>>>                         registrar, we need you to consent to full
>>>>>>                         disclosure. Don't like it, pick a
>>>>>>                         European ccTLD. I don't advocate that,
>>>>>>                         mind you, but that's the kind of policy
>>>>>>                         balkanization could produce.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         j
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         On 09/27/2017 04:31 PM, Paul Keating wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             I am failing to understand how such a
>>>>>>                             walled-garden approach will solve
>>>>>>                             anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             1.EU <http://1.EU>
>>>>>>                             registrars/registries would
>>>>>>                             still have to deal with GDPR.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             2.Registrars are not aided by the
>>>>>>                             distinction since they would still
>>>>>>                             end up with EU customers and EU
>>>>>>                             registrant data.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             PRK
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             From:
>>>>>>                             <gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org
>>>>>>                             <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org>
>>>>>>                             <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org
>>>>>>                             <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org>>>
>>>>>>                             on behalf of jonathan matkowsky
>>>>>>                             <jonathan.matkowsky at riskiq.net
>>>>>>                             <mailto:jonathan.matkowsky at riskiq.net>
>>>>>>                             <mailto:jonathan.matkowsky at riskiq.net
>>>>>>                             <mailto:jonathan.matkowsky at riskiq.net>>>
>>>>>>                             Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2017
>>>>>>                             at 11:03 PM
>>>>>>                             To: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk at nic.br
>>>>>>                             <mailto:rubensk at nic.br>
>>>>>>                             <mailto:rubensk at nic.br
>>>>>>                             <mailto:rubensk at nic.br>>>
>>>>>>                             Cc: RDS PDP WG
>>>>>>                             <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>>>>>>                             <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>
>>>>>>                             <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>>>>>>                             <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>>>
>>>>>>                             Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] WSGR
>>>>>>                             Final Memorandum
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                 Assuming for argument's sake
>>>>>>                             that's true without taking any
>>>>>>                                 position as I'm still catching up
>>>>>>                             from a week ago, I'm not sure
>>>>>>                                 this should be dismissed without
>>>>>>                             consideration as a possibility,
>>>>>>                                 although obviously not by any
>>>>>>                             stretch of the imagination ideal -->
>>>>>>                                 non-EU registrars block EU
>>>>>>                             registrants, and registries contract
>>>>>>                                 with non-EU registrars.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                 On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:25 PM,
>>>>>>                             Rubens Kuhl <rubensk at nic.br
>>>>>>                             <mailto:rubensk at nic.br>
>>>>>>                             <mailto:rubensk at nic.br
>>>>>>                             <mailto:rubensk at nic.br>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                         On Sep 26, 2017, at 7:17
>>>>>>                                 PM, John Horton
>>>>>>                                        
>>>>>>                                 <john.horton at legitscript.com
>>>>>>                                 <mailto:john.horton at legitscript.com>
>>>>>>                                 <mailto:john.horton at legitscript.com
>>>>>>                                 <mailto:john.horton at legitscript.com>>>
>>>>>>                                 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                         Much of this problem goes
>>>>>>                                 away if we all agree that EU-based
>>>>>>                                 registrars should henceforth only
>>>>>>                                 be allowed to accept
>>>>>>                                 registrants in the EU. Aside from
>>>>>>                                 the effect on EU
>>>>>>                                 registrars' revenue, what's the
>>>>>>                                 logical argument against that
>>>>>>                                         from a policy perspective?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                   After all, isn't the purpose of
>>>>>>                                 the GDPR to protect _EU
>>>>>>                                 residents_?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                     That's correct, but the
>>>>>>                             conclusion is not. Non-EU registrars
>>>>>>                                     are also subject to GDPR if
>>>>>>                             targeting EU customers, which
>>>>>>                                     could be as simple as
>>>>>>                             providing services in EU languages and
>>>>>>                             accepting registration transactions
>>>>>>                             from the EU.
>>>>>>                                     So, for the problem to go
>>>>>>                             away non-EU registrars would need to
>>>>>>                                     block EU registrants, and
>>>>>>                             registries would only be able to
>>>>>>                                     enter contracts with non-EU
>>>>>>                             registrars.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                     So EU users would either be
>>>>>>                             happy using numeric IP addresses,
>>>>>>                                     or develop a naming system of
>>>>>>                             their own. Then we would have
>>>>>>                             balkanisation, this time actually
>>>>>>                             including the original balkans.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                                     Rubens
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Volker A. Greimann
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Key-Systems GmbH
Im Oberen Werk 1
66386 St. Ingbert
Tel.: +49 (0) 6894 - 9396 901
Fax.: +49 (0) 6894 - 9396 851
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Member of the KEYDRIVE GROUP
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Best regards,

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Fax.: +49 (0) 6894 - 9396 851
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