[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] @EXT: RE: IMPORTANT: Invitation for Poll from 9 January Meeting

Tue Jan 16 16:19:01 UTC 2018

Hi Nathalie,

I see what you are trying to achieve but I still think that there is no need to distinguish between primary and secondary purposes for the reason that the GDPR does not make this distinction. It only states that processing of personal data is lawful if the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller.

Identifying the legitimate purposes of personal data processing is by nature a political process (this is exactly what the NGRDS WG is doing) and does not need to stem from a contract. Processing can also have multiple purposes, as long as consent is given for all of them. So if the NGRDS WG comes to the conclusion that the WHOIS system has 5 or 6 clearly identified legitimate purposes, as long as these different legitimate purposes are 1) clearly and explicitly set out in the WHOIS policy rules that apply to the processing of WHOIS data, and 2) that registrants are informed in a clear and easily understandable manner about these purposes, then the collection of such data will be lawful for those 5 or 6 legitimate purposes. The risk of coming up with a distinction between primary and secondary purposes is that DPAs will rule that collecting WHOIS data for secondary purposes is unlawful.

If according to ICANN’s Bylaws, one of the legitimate purposes of the WHOIS system is to address issues involving domain name registrations and to ensure the stability of the DNS, which includes law enforcement, anti-abuse, and anti-IP-infringement activity, then these are legitimate purposes for requiring the collection of registration data. Nothing to hide here.

There is no need to make a distinction between primary and secondary purposes or purposes directly or indirectly based on the contract. Registrants need domain names, they will continue to buy them even when they are informed about all the purposes for which their information is collected.

Greg

From: nathalie coupet [mailto:nathaliecoupet at yahoo.com]
Sent: 15 January 2018 22:38
To: Mounier, Grégory; 'Chuck'; 'gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org'
Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] @EXT: RE: IMPORTANT: Invitation for Poll from 9 January Meeting

Hi Gregory,

I was expecting this objection be raised by law enforcement. But, in a spirit of compromise, let's remember a resolution a member made earlier about the implementation of GDPR: we were going to distinguish between primary purpose and secondary purpose (those not directly based on the contract between the registrant and the registrar) and beef up 'secondary purposes'. While this might seem unnatural, it allows us to apply the GDPR's distinction while preserving the use of WHOIS for law enforcement and abuse mitigation people.
This is important when submitting the WG's and ultimately ICANN's rationale to the DPA's review: let's not increase the attack surface. We can make sure that despite this use not being granted full legitimate status for collection, there will be enough data available for this use by allowing additional collection, if need be.
The fact that a purpose is direct or indirect based on the contract between the reigstrant and the registrar - the initial consent of the registrant being the cirteria for determining which purpose is primary (a.k.a 'legitimate') and which one is not (i.e 'secondary') - could really alleviate our quest for a compromise and still protect ICANN and registrars.
I fear we'll still be here discussing this until we all turn blue and still not get anywhere. I'm sure no one in the group believes your work is less important, and we'll protect your access to information as much as we can.
We just need to create this little artifice to protect registrars and ICANN, so DPA's wont breathe down our necks.

Why not give it a try?

Nathalie

On Monday, January 15, 2018 8:30 AM, "Mounier, Grégory" <gregory.mounier at europol.europa.eu<mailto:gregory.mounier at europol.europa.eu>> wrote:

Dear all,

I will not be able to join the call tomorrow so I thought that I should drop an email to the list to explain why I voted against the proposed possible WG Agreement according to which “Criminal Activity/DNS Abuse – Investigation is NOT a legitimate purpose for requiring collection of registration data, but maybe a legitimate purpose of using some data collected for other purposes.”
I think that there are a number of rationales/grounds - including in ICANN’s Bylaws - to argue that in fact, investigating criminal activity and DNS Abuse IS a legitimate purpose for requiring the collection of registration data.
Some of these rationales have been mentioned during the discussion on the mailing list and during the call on 9th January. Unfortunately, I think that the proposed possible WG agreement does not take into consideration these rationales. I specifically disagree with the assumption that we should make a distinction between 1) the purpose of collecting the data and 2) the purpose for using the data collected for other purposes (manage domain registrations).
The reason why I disagree with making this distinction is that it leads to artificially reduce the importance of a valid and legitimate purpose of the WHOIS system, acknowledged by ICANN Bylaws: addressing malicious abuse of the DNS and providing a framework to address appropriate law enforcement needs. (ICANN’s mandate is to “ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet’s unique identifier systems”[1]<https://mail.yahoo.com/?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma#_ftn1> + WHOIS data is essential for “the legitimate needs of law enforcement” and for “promoting consumer trust.”[2]<https://mail.yahoo.com/?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma#_ftn2> ). In its document on the three compliance models issued last Friday[3]<https://mail.yahoo.com/?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma#_ftn3>, ICANN has explicitly included: addressing the needs of law enforcement, investigation of cybercrime and DNS abuse as legitimate purposes of the WHOIS system.
If one of the purpose of the WHOIS system is to support a framework to address issues involving domain name registrations, including investigation of cybercrime and DNS abuse, it can be argued that investigating criminal activity and DNS abuse IS a legitimate purpose for requiring the collection of registration data. Likewise, I think that requiring collection of registration data to prevent crime is NOT beyond ICANN's mandate because this data is essential for ICANN to fulfil its mandate.
I have attached a list of relevant references supporting this point of view taken from ICANN’s Bylaws and the GDPR.

I hope that you’ll find this contribution helpful and I’m looking forward to reading the transcript of the next call ☺.

Best,
Greg

Gregory Mounier
Europol
European Cybercrime Centre
+31 6 55782743

From: gnso-rds-pdp-wg [mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
Sent: 12 January 2018 15:21
To: gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org<mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>
Subject: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] FW: IMPORTANT: Invitation for Poll from 9 January Meeting
Importance: High

The response to this week’s poll is particularly low so I strongly encourage more members to respond so that we have enough data to help us in our meeting next week.  Thanks to those who have already responded.

Chuck

From: gnso-rds-pdp-wg [mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Marika Konings
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 7:27 AM
To: gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org<mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>
Subject: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] IMPORTANT: Invitation for Poll from 9 January Meeting

Dear all,

In follow-up to this week’s WG meeting, all RDS PDP WG Members are encouraged to participate in the following poll:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VM6S8YK

Responses should be submitted through the above URL. For offline reference, a PDF of poll questions can also be found at:

              https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/74580034/Poll-from-9January-Call.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1515544361000&api=v2

This poll will close at COB Saturday 13 January.

Please note that you must be a WG Member to participate in polls. If you are a WG Observer wishing to participate in polls, you must first contact gnso-secs at icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs at icann.org> to upgrade to WG Member.

Best regards,

Marika

Marika Konings
Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Email: marika.konings at icann.org<mailto:marika.konings at icann.org>

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[1]<https://mail.yahoo.com/?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma#_ftnref1> ICANN Bylaws Article One, Section 1.1, Mission.
[2]<https://mail.yahoo.com/?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma#_ftnref2> ICANN Bylaws, Registration Directory Services Review, §4.6(e).
[3]<https://mail.yahoo.com/?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma#_ftnref3> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/interim-models-gdpr-compliance-12jan18-en.pdf
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