Hi Remmy,
Is this an absract or a concrete example?
Is this a criminal inquiry run by authorities? And how does the PII help
determine whether it is for 'public good/fraud purposes'?
Best,
Niels
On 07/06/2017 12:18 PM, Remmy Nweke wrote:
> Hi Niels
> In the cause of media activism for instance it's VIP to have a trusted
> repository to be used for verifications especially on event where a
> domain is not used for public good/fraud purposes at times it's crucial
> to do under the roof verification to ascertain those behind such and
> link that up with possible profiling of such individuals or organisation
> as the case may be in exposing such crimes or incidents.
> Hope this helps.
>
> On 6 Jul 2017 09:54, "Niels ten Oever" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Can you give examples? I find that in important cases, WHOIS data is
> always wrong, or data on sites is more reliable.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niels
>
> On 07/06/2017 10:32 AM, Remmy Nweke wrote:
> > Hi Ayden
> > I think WHOIS has been very useful especially in the area of cyber
> > rights advocacy/media rights activism by ensuring and helping to
> resolve
> > domain related use and misuse or even on conflict claims, it's VIP to
> > know who precisely is the owners and names behind the domains and
> > attempt to know why and for what purpose such domains were meant
> for at
> > least for putting the records straight and eventual profiling.
> > Regards
> > Remmy
> >
> > On 4 Jul 2017 11:37, "Ayden FĂ©rdeline" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings, all-
> >
> > Along with Stephanie Perrin and Wendy Seltzer, I am a part of the
> > ICANN GDPR Compliance Consultation Group. This group has been
> formed
> > to help ICANN gather the information it needs to engage with data
> > protection authorities and to obtain actionable legal advice.
> >
> > I committed last week to keeping the NCSG updated on the
> activities
> > of the Consultation Group over the coming months.
> >
> > In our first meeting, we committed to participating in a data
> > gathering exercise to identify the existing users of WHOIS, what
> > data elements they use, and for what purpose. At this time we are
> > not making the determination as to whether a purpose is legitimate
> > or illegitimate, though that call will come, or if a data element
> > comprises personally identifiable information. For now we are
> simply
> > trying to include all user categories to get the most complete set
> > of data points.
> >
> > We are interested in understanding how non-commercial Internet
> > users, who we in the NCSG purport to represent the interests
> of, use
> > WHOIS. We have conducted some informal consultation among our
> peers
> > and have been provided with a few use cases, but not too many.
> It is
> > possible that end users do not use WHOIS widely [and that has been
> > the assumption that has informed previous exercises like this
> one],
> > but if you, as an end user, do use WHOIS, we would be curious to
> > know for what purpose and which data elements you rely on. Please
> > share your thoughts either on-list or with me privately, if
> you prefer.
> >
> > We have a very short turnaround time for this exercise. Our next
> > call is this Thursday, and ICANN staff envision this entire task
> > being completed by next week. The time for you to provide input is
> > thus now. Thanks!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Ayden FĂ©rdeline
> > linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline
> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>>
> >
> >
>
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