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    There was also a situation with .NAME in which they negotiated a
    different Whois policy. I think it may have been upfront, as part of
    the contract, but I seem to recall discussions about ICANN's
    procedure for handling Whois conflicts with privacy law as part of
    the overall discussion.<br>
    <br>
    (Background: .NAME, which focused on personal email addresses based
    on last names, was based in the EU, and I believe in a Scandanavian
    country, and they consulted with their data protection commissioner
    from the start.)<br>
    <br>
    Best,<br>
    Kathy<br>
    <br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Dear
            Peter and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Please
            note that there is one occasion where the procedure for
            handling WHOIS conflicts with privacy law has been applied
            in practice, relating to .TEL, see <a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-19oct07.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-19oct07.htm</a>
            (announcement of Telnic&#8217;s proposed change and opening of a
            public comment period) and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-18dec07.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-18dec07.htm</a>
            (the Board minutes with the decision on the matter). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">In
            this case, the procedure is invoked as a &#8220;draft Procedure&#8221;,
            since the .TEL matter was addressed before the procedure was
            formally in force , see </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://www.icann.org/en/processes/icann-procedure-17jan08.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/processes/icann-procedure-17jan08.htm</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Denise
            may have additional information to supply when the sun rises
            in California&#8211; I just wanted to provide this piece well
            before our call today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Very
            best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Olof<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org">rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org</a>
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org">mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nettlefold,
                Peter<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 17, 2011 9:39 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org">rt4-whois@icann.org</a><br>
                <b>Cc:</b> Kathy Kleiman<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [Rt4-whois] FW: Applicable laws
                [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">Thanks to Lynn and Kathy for continuing our
            discussions on these important issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">These were key issues I struggled with in
            drafting the accessibility/privacy part of the gaps chapter,
            which I circulated yesterday for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">After reading the public submissions to our
            discussion paper, it seems clear that some people are
            worried about the privacy implications of WHOIS. It was
            raised by many respondents to our paper, and acknowledged as
            a valid concern by many others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">However, I don&#8217;t see a compelling case for us
            to catalogue all potential applicable privacy or data
            protection laws as a way to take this forward. In practice,
            I think this would be very difficult, and arguably of
            limited use. Even if every GAC member provided details of
            every potentially applicable law, this would not cover every
            country, and would only cover contributing countries at a
            set point in time. Further, what would we do with this data?
            How would we reconcile the inevitable differences?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">Arguably, any conflict with national law
            (whether it relates to &#8216;sensitive&#8217; information, or other
            personal information) is intended to be addressed by ICANN&#8217;s
            consensus procedure. The consensus procedure was developed
            by the ICANN community to deal with specific conflicts with
            national law. Whether and how it has been used may therefore
            provide us some guidance about any actual conflicts and how
            they&#8217;ve been handled. I see that Denise has undertaken to
            get back to us shortly with an answer to this - thanks
            Denise! The answer to this may provide useful insights into
            whether that particular procedure is effective or needs
            modification to deal with specific legal situations, and it
            could also clarify the potential extent of existing legal
            conflicts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">For the procedure to be effective, there is no
            need to catalogue applicable laws in advance. Personally, I
            can&#8217;t see any way to replace this (or a similar)
            case-by-case procedure with a more prescriptive universal
            mechanism based on a survey of applicable laws, nor any way
            to anticipate all potential legal conflicts in advance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">There is then the additional question of
            whether we&#8217;re only interested in situations where there is a
            conflict with a national law?</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">
            If so, then </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">we need to consider whether there needs to be
            any additional protections beyond the existing procedure. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">On balance, my position is that we should
            consider some way to acknowledge the privacy concerns of
            individuals, including those that may not be addressed by
            ICANN&#8217;s existing consensus procedures and policies. The
            problem is how to do this without facilitating the
            unregulated and widely abused privacy/proxy situation that
            we now have. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">This is what I tried to address in the draft
            gaps chapter. The proposed recommendations at the end of
            that chapter are intended to provide a framework for a
            balanced, open and accountable privacy regime, while
            acknowledging that much of the detail (such as what data
            could be &#8216;protected&#8217; or &#8216;limited&#8217;, and standardised
            processes for release of that data when needed) would
            rightly be developed through existing ICANN community (and
            cross community) processes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">I look forward to further discussion on this as
            we move forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU">Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org">rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org</a>
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:[mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org]">[mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org]</a>
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kathy Kleiman<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 17 August 2011 2:30 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org">rt4-whois@icann.org</a>;
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com">lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Rt4-whois] Applicable laws<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Dear Lynn and All,<br>
            I wanted to say how much I appreciate Lynn posting the key
            regional data protection frameworks to the group. I think
            they are very important, and she and I have discussed the
            need for us to look at them more closely in relation to the
            Whois data. I hope we can do this soon! <br>
            <br>
            Regarding sensitive vs private data, I wanted to add my
            views as an attorney who specializes in the area of data
            protection and privacy since starting my telecommunications
            practice in 1993. While sensitive data may focus on the
            areas of financial, birth, religion, health, and let's add
            political affiliation and sexual orientation, that's not
            where the story ends.<br>
            <br>
            Data protection and privacy laws certainly consider home
            address, home phone number, and now cell phone data as
            "private" or "personal data." Certainly telecommunications
            laws in the US, as one example, regularly protect the right
            of a person to "opt-out" of sharing their home address or
            home phone number in a public directory as a matter of
            personal privacy.&nbsp; In fact, opt-out in directories was
            chosen by a majority of Californians when last I researched
            it (and the state protects privacy as part of its state
            constitution) because home addresses and home phone numbers
            are considered very personal information, and worthy of
            protection. <br>
            <br>
            These are the very elements that have been such an issue of
            controversy within the ICANN arena. Over the last decade, as
            part of the history of Whois within ICANN, at least four
            Data Protection Commissioners and their senior staffs have
            warned ICANN about the problems of this data, and its data
            protection implications. They are very concerned with the
            elements now collected and published in the Whois. I will
            gather their letters to ICANN and share them, as well as
            notes of the speeches they have given. I would like to
            request that we ask ICANN Staff to work with us on this
            important matter as well. <br>
            <br>
            Ultimately, I do not think this is a matter for us to decide
            on (which may relieve everyone greatly). As many of you
            know, I have been thinking about this issue a great deal. I
            will be submitting a recommendation to our Team asking that
            GAC provide ICANN with clear information about relevant
            applicable laws, including data protection laws, and their
            guidance, based on these laws, as to the elements of the
            Whois now published. I'll distribute this before our meeting
            tomorrow.<br>
            <br>
            All the best,<br>
            Kathy<br>
            <br>
            Since data privacy is an area of specialization for me, I
            would like to offer a couple of <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">comments on the dialogue about privacy laws.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">Although WHOIS data contains personal data,
              it does not have any data elements that are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">considered to be "sensitive" in nature. &nbsp;The
              focus and priority of data protection authorities
              throughout the world is on&nbsp;protection of sensitive data
              such as financial account details, date of birth,
              religious affiliations, medical conditions, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">For global, multi-national organizations who
              need to develop and maintain policies regarding the
              collection and use of personal data, there are
              multi-lateral privacy frameworks and principles that have
              been accepted and are well established including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">1) OECD Guidelines on the Protection of
              Privacy and Transborder Flows<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        </div>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">2) UN Guidelines Concerning Computerized
              Personal Data Files<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        </div>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">3) EU Directive 95/46/EC on the Protection of
              Individuals with Regard to the Processing of Personsal
              Data and on the Free Movement of Such Data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">4) APEC Privacy Framework<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">Since ICANN is headquartered in the State of
              California and the United States, I would note that
              California has an Office of Privacy Protection. &nbsp;At the
              national level, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has been
              accepted as the equivalent of a Data Protection Authority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-AU">Hope these brief comments are helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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