[Gnso-epdp-team] Recommendation on Web Forms

Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Tue May 25 16:44:52 UTC 2021


Volker et al,

The Chair suggested that this issue should be addressed, but by the 
Phase 1 IRT.  I believe that he was correct in that the issue does 
need to be addressed but do not believe that is a real possibility, 
since the Phase 1 policy did not imply and web form content requirements.

So that leaves us with needing to take some other action to remedy 
the Phase 1 recommendation that is not working.

Unless you are recommending starting a new PDP just to address this 
issue, this is a way to finesse it. We include it in our report and 
solicit input. And of course discuss it following the comment period.

If indeed the instructions from the GNSO Council need to be changed 
(which I do not believe), that could happen after the public comment period.

This Phase 2a DOES have the mandate to require some form of email 
address be used. So we ARE discussing a change to Recommendation 13. 
If we choose NOT to do that, we need to make sure the remaining 
policy is viable. So I believe this recommendation is indeed in scope!

Alan

At 2021-05-25 12:30 PM, Volker Greimann wrote:
>Hi Laureen,
>
>yes, we did discuss it and always returned to the point that it was 
>out of scope for our group. While I understand the desire to have 
>something on webforms included, discussion was rather one-sided due 
>to the scope. I understand from other registrars that there are many 
>issues with input fields as part of the webforms and they have 
>chosen the format of their forms for a reason.
>
>Best,
>
>--
>Volker A. Greimann
>General Counsel and Policy Manager
>KEY-SYSTEMS GMBH
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>On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 6:17 PM Kapin, Laureen 
><<mailto:LKAPIN at ftc.gov>LKAPIN at ftc.gov> wrote:
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>To be fair, this issue has been discussed many times during our 
>meetings.  This recommendation merely captures what has already been 
>proposed by certain SGs. Hence I suggest that it be included for the 
>purpose of soliciting public comments.
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>Laureen Kapin
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>Subject: Re: [Gnso-epdp-team] Recommendation on Web Forms
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>Hi,
>
>
>
>I think it is not appropriate to introduce a new recommendation at 
>the last minute that has not been deliberated and seems to me to be 
>out of scope of this WG. While I have no objection to the content of 
>this recommendation, and KS has already implemented its webforms in 
>a similar manner, I think the process concern must prevail here.
>
>
>
>Best,
>
>
>
>--
>Volker A. Greimann
>General Counsel and Policy Manager
>KEY-SYSTEMS GMBH
>
>T: +49 6894 9396901
>M: +49 6894 9396851
>F: +49 6894 9396851
>W: <http://www.key-systems.net/>www.key-systems.net
>
>Key-Systems GmbH is a company registered at the local court of 
>Saarbruecken, Germany with the registration no. HR B 18835
>CEO: Oliver Fries and Robert Birkner
>
>Part of the CentralNic Group PLC (LON: CNIC) a company registered in 
>England and Wales with company number 8576358.
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>On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 2:45 AM Alan Greenberg via Gnso-epdp-team 
><<mailto:gnso-epdp-team at icann.org>gnso-epdp-team at icann.org> wrote:
>
>Unfortunately, Mark and I did not get this in prior to the Friday 
>deadline, but we still believe that it is crucial to include in the 
>Initial Report.
>
>Although some form of email address is a far preferable solution for 
>many on this EPDP, it appears that this will not be a recommendation.
>
>As it stands, the EPDP Recommendation #13 which is supposed to 
>facilitate communications with the registrant does not achieve its 
>goal. Many registrars are using web forms, and in many cases, they 
>are effectively useless. As an example, one common example is a form 
>that simply lets the requestor select one of three messages (Domain 
>name or content is being used in malware, or for spam or abuse; 
>Domain name or content is infringing on a trademark or violating 
>local laws or regulations; or Research or other purpose).
>
>It has been suggested that this matter be referred to the Phase 1 
>IRT, but without a recommendation saying that the policy may set web 
>form content, there is no way for the IRT to establish such enforceable rules.
>
>Accordingly, the Initial Report must include a new Recommendation:
>
>Recommendation
>
>The Phase 1 Recommendation 13 should be amended to include:  Should 
>a Registrar choose to use a web form, that form must allow at the 
>requester to specify the Subject of the email to be send (up to 64 
>characters) and a free-form text message of up to 512 characters to 
>be included in the communication to the registrant.
>
>Alan & Mark
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