<div>Dear Susan,</div><div><br></div><div>There's a webpage that keeps people up-to-date on the WHOIS Studies that Liz Gasster is managing: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/studies">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/studies</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Its contents, which includes delivery dates, are copied below. Note that the Survey on Privacy/Proxy Relay/Reveal will be done by early April.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Denise</div>
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<br></div><div>Denise Michel<br>ICANN <br>Advisor to the President & CEO<br><a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org" target="_blank">denise.michel@icann.org</a><br>+1.408.429.3072 mobile<br>+1.310.578.8632 direct<br>
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<td style="text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;padding-left:0.5em;border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-left-color:rgb(216,216,216)">
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28sep09-en.htm" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">Whois Misuse Study</a></strong>. This study examines the extent to which public Whois contact information for gTLD domain names is misused to address harmful communications such a phishing or identity theft. The <a href="http://www.cylab.cmu.edu/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">Carnegie Mellon University Cylab</a> in Pittsburgh, PA, USA is performing this study and expects to have initial results in mid-2013.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">To learn more about this study: click on the link above.</p></td></tr><tr style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">
<td style="text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;padding-left:0.5em;border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-left-color:rgb(216,216,216)">
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/tor-whois-registrant-id-studies-20may11-en.pdf" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">Whois Registrant Identification Study</a></strong>. This study uses Whois to classify entities that register gTLD domain names, including natural persons, legal persons, and Privacy/Proxy service providers. Using associated Internet content, it then classifies entities using those domains and potentially commercial activities. NORC at the University of Chicago has been selected to conduct this study, with initial results expected late 2012.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">To learn more about this study: click on the link above.</p></td></tr><tr style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">
<td style="text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;padding-left:0.5em;border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-left-color:rgb(216,216,216)">
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-18may10-en.htm" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">Whois Privacy and Proxy Services Abuse Study</a></strong>. This study examines the extent to which gTLD domain names used to conduct illegal or harmful Internet activities are registered via Privacy or Proxy services to obscure the perpetrator's identity. Contract negotiations are underway to perform this study, with results expected in early 2013.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">To learn more about this study: click on the link above.</p></td></tr><tr style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">
<td style="text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;padding-left:0.5em;border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-left-color:rgb(216,216,216)">
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-pp-relay-reveal-feasibility-survey-28mar11-en.pdf" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">Whois Privacy and Proxy Relay/Reveal Survey</a></strong>. This survey will determine the feasibility of conducting a future in-depth study into communication Relay and identity Reveal requests sent for gTLD domain names registered using Proxy and Privacy services. The Interisle Consulting Group in Boston, MA, USA is performing this survey and expects to have initial results early in 2012.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">To learn more about this study: Contact <a href="mailto:info@whois-survey.net" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">info@whois-survey.net</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><strong style="font-weight:bold">Whois Service Requirements Survey</strong>. The study will survey community members to estimate the level of agreement with the conclusions and assumptions in the Inventory of Whois Service Requirements – Final Report. A GNSO Working Group was assembled in 2011 to create a survey and this work is underway.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">To learn more about this study:<br>Whois Survey Working Group Wiki space<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/WSDT/WHOIS+Survey+Working+Group+-+Home" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">https://community.icann.org/display/WSDT/WHOIS+Survey+Working+Group+-+Home</a><br>
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/soi-whois-dt-17jun11-en.htm" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">WHOIS Survey Working Group Statements of Interest – June 2011</a><br>
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;color:rgb(0,85,126)">GNSO WHOIS Survey Working Group (WSWG) Charter - Approved 6 October 2011</a></p>
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