Hi,

Assuming they are doing this because of law, can we say that for countries where the ccTLDs protect individual registrant's privacy rights (so far: .ca, .fr, .se) we could assume that Registrars domiciled in those countries could be expected to follow the same rules with regard to all existing gTLD registrations?

Seems like it should be hard to argue against the the proposition: Thick Whois robs registrants of their Privacy Rights.  


avri

On 29 Apr 2013, at 13:38, Tamir Israel wrote:

> Same for CIRA the .CA registrar: individual registrants can remain anonymous.
> 
> Best,
> Tamir
> 
> On 4/26/2013 6:57 PM, marie-laure Lemineur wrote:
>> Avri,
>> 
>> Same goes for the french registry DOTFR....anonymity is applied by default when the data belongs to an individual registrants....
>> 
>> When you think that Afnic in its April report announced that 40% of the .FR domains are owned by individuals.....and that one in every two domain names is filed by an individual...
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Marie-laure
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Balleste, Roy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Thank you Avri!!  I had projected that this would happen during our working group discussions, but the non-NCUC members disagreed with me.
>> Somehow good human rights standards pointed in a different direction.
>> 
>> Roy
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
>> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 4:30 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] Fwd: [] EU, RAA, and privacy
>> 
>> From another list.
>> Forwarded with permission.
>> 
>> Seemed relevant to some of the things we have been talking about.
>> If only all gTLD could be Swedish TLDs
>> 
>> avri
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: "John Berryhill, Ph.d., Esq."
>>> Subject: [] EU, RAA, and privacy
>>> Date: 26 April 2013 11:55:15 EST
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The .se registry has amended their terms:
>>> 
>>> "In the revised Registration terms concerning the top-level domain .se, which will become effective on June 3, clause 9.3 stipulates that "the registry of Domain names maintained by the Foundation is made available on the Internet through a domain-name search service (WHOIS). If the Domain holder is a physical person or a sole trader, no personal details will be published in this manner, unless specifically requested by the Domain holder."
>>> 
>>> Someone had mentioned this earlier on the list, so I made an audio excerpt of the developing EU multiple personality disorder on WHOIS and data protection, and posted it to http://www.johnberryhill.com/eu-privacy-for-us.mp3
>>> 
>>> The audio clip is a statement from the EU rep at the Beijing GAC/Board meeting, expressing his gratitude that everyone else in the world will be flagged, tagged, and bagged, but EU registrars will be able to claim a carve-out from the provisions of the new RAA.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> John Berryhill, Ph.d. Esq.
>>