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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><i><b>We
submit the following comments (below and attached) to
the EWG on the issue of a single, Centralized
Database.</b></i><i><b><br>
</b></i><i><b><br>
</b></i><i><b>Sincerely,</b></i><i><b><br>
</b></i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Kathy
Kleiman<br>
Tamir Israel<br>
Milton Mueller<br>
Roy Balleste<br>
Robin Gross<br>
Avri Doria<br>
Marie-Laure Lemineur</span></i></b></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Peter
Green<br>
Edward Morris <br>
All members of the NCSG</span></i></b><br>
</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><br>
******************************************************************************************************<br>
</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">We
Object
to a Centralized Whois/Registrant Data Database and Ask
the EWG to Share its Alternative
Plans B and C<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">We do not
understand how the EWG arrived at a Centralized Database of
all Personal
Information in the gTLD Domain Name Space – and accordingly we
object.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">In all
our years of working on the Whois issues in the NCUC and NCSG
(and the conflict
dates back to the founding years of ICANN), we never
envisioned such a dramatic
change in the location and availability of the data.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We raise the following
questions that we feel
it is incumbent on the EWG to answer publicly and fully before
moving forward
with any Centralized Database theme :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">a)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">How
has the EWG justified the Centralized Whois database in light
of the limited scope
and mission of ICANN?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>ICANN
was severely
criticized in the past for plans that took it too deeply into
operational
activities and away from its more limited mandate of
management, oversight and
multistakeholder governance (e.g., the ill-fated DNS-Cert
plans of 2010).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In
light of ICANN’s mission being confirmed
as a narrow one, how can such a Centralized Database fit?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">b)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">A
Centralized Database raises infinite problems for ICANN and
the ICANN Community.
A principal issue is the removal of the personal data of the
Registrants from the
jurisdiction in which it was collected and under the laws by
which it is
protected. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">c)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">A
Centralized Database requires a harmonization of laws that
does not yet
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Not all law
enforcement agencies
are equal; not all requests are legal; not all allegations are
valid.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A Chinese
government requesting the personal
data and physical location of a pro-democracy dissenter in the
</span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">US</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> (perhaps one
with family still in
</span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: Calibri">China</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
style="font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">) may not be entitled to this
information under
national and international law. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">d)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">A
Centalized Database creates a security nightmare as the
personal data of 120
million+ gTLD Registrants is available for hacking and
harvesting by those
expert in such illegal activities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo1;
tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">e)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri">How
have the risks of the Centralized Database been vetted from a
privacy point of
view, a jurisdictional point of view, a security point of
view, a human rights
and freedom of expression point of view?<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri">What were Plans B and C?<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri">In the shadow of PRISM, the entire world
is talking about
the failings and problems of Centralized Databases which
contain treasured
personal data:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>security,
stability,
hacking, internal abuse and external abuse concerns all come
into play, as well
as the separation of personal data from its legal and
jurisdictional
protections. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri">We ask the EWG to openly and fully
share what other plans
it has been considering and evaluation.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri">Clearly, the EWG is evaluating certain
principles worthy
of ICANN Community embrace (including the identification and
accountability of
those accessing Registrant data).<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But this
principle, and others proposed by the EWG, have many
implementations,
permutations and variations.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri">For purposes of accountability and
transparency, and for
the ICANN Community to assist the EWG in this difficult
process, we need to
know: what other plans (e.g., Plans B and C) did the EWG
consider in keeping
with the principles and goals the EWG is recommending? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri">Together we should evaluate whether
such Plans B and C
offer increased benefits and decreased costs and risks
compared to the Controversial
Centralized Database.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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