[CPWG] GAC Statement on the EPDP Addendum

[John McCormac]

On 06/05/2020 04:28, Alan Greenberg wrote:
> During last week's CPWG meeting, I reported that we might be approached 
> to see if the ALAC would support the GAC submission to the Public 
> Comment on the EPDP Addendum to its Phase 2 Draft Report. I noted that 
> based on a draft I had seen, the GAC comments were fully in line with 
> those in the ALAC draft comment, and were in line with positions that 
> the ALAC had taken in the past.
> 
> That did happen and I was given permission to distribute the draft GAC 
> statement to the ALAC. With Maureen's support, the ALAC Members were 
> asked if they would be willing to endorse the GAC statement. I have 
> happy to report that the ALAC unanimously gave its support, and the GAC 
> was so informed.
> 
> I am attaching here a copy of the statement submitted by the GAC.

The point about the registration data of legal entities being public is 
a good one. (The Registration Data of Legal Entities Should Remain 
Public). I've been doing some research on the global web hosting market 
(hosters, website counts, usage) and the way that the gTLD WHOIS has 
been vandalised in a completely moronic fashion destroys trust and 
creates more risks than it solves.

This point is problematic: "Domain Name Registration Data Should be 
Accurate". Ensuring registration accuracy is difficult and as has been 
shown in previous studies and de-accreditation by ICANN, some registrars 
may not have accurate data.

The point about "Recommendation Concerning Feasibility of Unique 
Contacts to have a Uniform Anonymized Email Address" sounds wonderfully 
buzzwordish.

Regards...jmcc
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