[registrars] Registrar statement for law enforcement at ICANN this week

[Jens Wagner]

Hi Bruce,

Please add Key-Systems GmbH to the list, we support this statement.

Best,

Jens Wagner


Bruce Tonkin wrote:

>Hello All,
>
>There are many representatives from the law enforcement community
>attending this ICANN meeting.
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>They raised a range of concerns about what might happen to WHOIS based
>on a recent decision at the GNSO Council.
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>I recommend that registrars sign on to the attached statement to send
>back in return.
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>This can be issued formally at the GNSO public forum tomorrow.
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>Please send an email to the list if you agree with the following.
>
>Regards,
>Bruce Tonkin
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>We the undersigned registrars wish to confirm that we will continue to
>collect the data (commonly called WHOIS data) as required by the
>registrar accreditation agreement (all of which is currently displayed
>to the general public), and will continue to provide access to such data
>by law enforcement through appropriate processes that support the
>privacy protection for the Personal Data of natural persons.
>Registrars store this information for the lifetime of their agreement
>with ICANN plus an additional 3 years.   Registrars are concerned that
>the current requirement for general public access to this information
>can cause problems for Personal Data of natural persons and this is an
>area of current work.
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>Registrars believe there should be more effective mechanisms than the
>current general public access mechanisms for legitimate access to
>Personal Data.   
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>Registrars further believe that protecting Personal Data from general
>public access may result in more accurate information being provided by
>registrants at the time of registration.
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>Registrars also note that other useful data such as the IP (Internet
>Protocol) address used by a registrant when registering a domain name
>and credit information is also stored.  This information is also
>available for law enforcement access through appropriate processes.   
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>IP (Internet Protocol) address information is perhaps the most useful in
>actually identifying parties of interest to law enforcement.  Please
>note that it is rare to find Personal Data of natural persons in the IP
>address WHOIS registries.   The IP address information can be used to
>identify the relevant Internet Service Provider (ISP) or
>telecommunications company responsible for the IP address through the IP
>(Internet Protocol) WHOIS services.  Law enforcement can then use
>existing legal processes to obtain the physical location of a computer
>connected to the Internet that may be hosting illegal content, or the
>physical location an internet user using this computer, through
>accessing ISP and telecommunications information that is not available
>for public access.
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