[CPWG] ICANN orgs responds to digital Services Act initiative Public Consultation launched by European Commission

[John McCormac]

On 15/09/2020 13:55, Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi wrote:
> This could be of interest to some..
> 
> ICANN orgs responds to digital Services Act initiative Public 
> Consultation launched by European Commission. ICANN's responses to 
> questions 11,12,13 and 14  in relation to the use of WHOIS information, 
> its purpose and usefulness highlights the importance of the registration 
> data.
> 
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-09-10-en

This is a welcome, good and balanced response by ICANN to the WHOIS 
damage caused by GDPR.

I've been working on a project to measure registrars and reseller 
activity in gTLDs and ccTLDs and the relevant statistics on the 
registrar/reseller markets. Legal persons being excluded from WHOIS data 
on the same basis as natural persons was a big mistake. It has also 
introduced a level of instability to the DNS that can be difficult to 
remedy. It was good to see ICANN explain it in simple terms for these 
people.

Regards...jmcc
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