Hi Paul,
On 07/05/2017 04:54 PM, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:
> How practical is that Niels? Ownership information is widely
> distributed globally in the countries of incorporation.
There are many centralized databases online. Also open ones. (And they
do not include PII)
> WHOIS is, at
> least, a centralized (albeit imperfect) proxy.
There are alternatives, centralized and decentralized.
> It's the difference
> between the challenge of aggregating data from disparate databases
> and the benefit for information accumulation
>
If you would check the WHOIS information against information actually
provided on the website, I am pretty sure that in 99% of the cases the
info on the website is more actual, and correct than the info in WHOIS.
(And that is not an argument to improve the accuracy of WHOIS.)
Cheers,
Niels
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> [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [INPUT REQUESTED] How do
> non-commercial Internet users use WHOIS?
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> That people currently use WHOIS doesn't need they _need_ to use
> WHOIS.
>
> It's important not to conflate things.
>
> Owndership information could for instance also be obtained through
> the Chamber of Commerce or other company registers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niels
>
> On 07/05/2017 09:10 AM, Olévié Kouami wrote:
>> Hi all Indeed NGOs use WHOIS. As a registrant they need the use of
>> WHOIS services. The RDS in construction have to take it info
>> account. Cheers ! Olévié
>>
>> Le 5 juil. 2017 06:40, "Nadira Alaraj" <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> a écrit :
>>
>> Thanks for this exercise. I use the WHOIS for one of the attempts
>> to authenticate the registrant of the domain name in particular
>> the national NGOs.
>>
>> Best Nadira
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2017 1:37 PM, "Ayden Férdeline" <[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 Férdeline linkedin.com/in/ferdeline
>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>>
>>
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