Hi,

I agree, but I wonder whether it is  worth suggesting something that goes one step further, the protection of some legal persons (mostly NGO and other civil society orgs) whose day to day operations are concerned with protecting natural persons facing a variety of  physical threats.

So, I suggest we support, but say it does not go far enough.

(have not read it yet, going on your abstract -  if they do have such an exception - i support it all the way)

avri

On 21 Jan 2012, at 11:50, Wendy Seltzer wrote:

> .CAT proposes to revise its Registry agreement to support withholding of
> some WHOIS data by individuals who opt out. It will not offer this
> opt-out to legal persons.
> 
> I propose that NCSG support this amendment, with a simple: "NCSG
> supports the availability of WHOIS privacy options for natural persons.
> Accordingly, we support puntCAT's proposed amendment."
> 
> --Wendy
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [council] .CAT WHOIS Proposed Changes - call for public comments
> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:08:05 -0800
> From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> 
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20jan12-en.htm
> .CAT WHOIS Proposed Changes
> 
> Forum Announcement: Comment Period Opens on Date: 20 January2012
> 
> Categories/Tags: Contracted Party Agreements
> 
> Purpose (Brief):
> 
> ICANN is opening today the public comment period for the Fundacio
> puntCAT's, request to change its Whois according to EU data protection
> legislation. The public comment period will be closed on 3 March 2012.
> 
> The .cat registry, submitted a Registry Service Evaluation Process
> (RSEP) on August 2011.
> 
> At this time, ICANN has conducted a preliminary review in accordance
> with the Registry Services Evaluation Policy and process set forth at
> http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/rsep.html. ICANN's preliminary
> review (based on the information provided) did not identify any
> significant competition, security, or stability issues.
> 
> The implementation of the request requires an amendment to the .cat
> Registry Agreement signed 23 September 2005. This public forum requests
> comments regarding the proposed amendment.
> Public Comment Box Link:
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/cat-whois-changes-18jan12-en.htm
> 
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
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