[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] What registrars must do (was Re: The principle for thin data)

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 07:00:23PM +0300, jonathan matkowsky wrote:
> "3.7.2 Registrar shall abide by applicable laws and governmental
> regulations."  Applicable laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
> ​We should keep this in mind.
> 

Yes.  Also, I don't know why we have to have an opinion on what
registrars or registries must do overall.  What we need to do, as far
as I can tell, is understand what the data is and what it is collected
for, and then propose a policy that makes it _possible_ for registrars
and registries to conform with their local laws.  No?

It is very far from obvious to me, for instance, that the collection
of any of these items is ever going to be forbidden: it's all needed
for some operational purpose directly tied to the operation of the DNS
or the maintenance of domain name registrations.  (Well, except maybe
fax numbers.  Nobody needs those!)

But that someone collects the data is not a reason to suppose it must
be published for everyone, and that's why I'm so eager to move on from
the case of the thin data (which really is needed by anyone who wants
to troubleshoot domain name resolution issues on the Internet, which
effectively means "everyone connected").

Best regards,

A

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