[CCWG-ACCT] "Consumer Trust" in the Mission Statement

[Nigel Roberts]

The definition of 'consumer' in this is problematic.

In EU legislation it generally excludes businesses.  A common 
understanding would be a 'natural person acting outside the scope of an 
economic activity'.



On 01/09/2016 09:56 PM, Bruce Tonkin wrote:
> Hello Malcolm,
>
>>> Even if rephrased, I don't think I understand what is intended to be meant by "consumer trust".
>
> It is a general term like human rights and public interest.
>
> I think the key is that it needs to be grounded in what it means for ICANN's limited mission.
>
> If we are talking about domain names it could be that:
>
> - a domain name resolves deterministically to a particular resource connected to the Internet
>
> (the implementation of DNSSEC at the root was intended to help with that)
>
> - there is a legal person that can be contacted when there is a problem with the operation of the  domain name
>
> (the collection and publication of contact information was intended to help with that)
>
> What it should not be in my personal view:
>
> - anything to do with the content of a website that might be referred to by the domain name
>
> - anything to do with the characteristics of a legal person associated with a domain name that might be inferred from the name
>
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
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