I am not very impressed with this response. The reference to a “balance” between rights and needs of law enforcement seems to imply that established privacy rights can be ignored if LEAs find it convenient to do so. It seems to pretend that the global Whois does not constitute an exception to European data protection law as it now stands. References to GAC communiques does not help, as the GAC, under the thumb of the US, has been a major obstacle to bringing data protection concerns into the Whois debate.



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Subject: Ares(2012)966299 - Online privacy in ICANN



Please find attached document Ares(2012)966299 concerning "Online privacy in ICANN" sent by Mr HARTOG Eddy on 10/08/2012.



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