Milton, thanks, very good. I'd like to suggest to consider adding, that this notice and separate acknowledgement also be required for renewals. Marc On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, at 22:15 [=GMT-0500], Milton Mueller wrote: > Hello, please indicate assent or disagreement with this statement over > the next 10 days. If you disagree, please propose specific modifications > that would make it acceptable. --MM > > Draft of 2 Jan 2005 > > Noncommercial domain name users welcome efforts to ensure that domain > name registrants are better informed about the publication of their > private contact information via the Whois system. Public, anonymous > access to private contact information poses a number of risks to > registrants and may violate their rights to privacy. Until this > situation is reformed, conspicuous notification is essential. > > The text we reviewed contains an error. Under point 3, the sentence > "Registrars must obtain a separate acknowledgement from registrars that > they have read and understand these disclosures" should read "Registrars > must obtain a separate acknowledgement from _registrants_ that they have > read and understand these disclosures." > > NCUC strongly supports the requirement to set aside the notification > and to require a distinct and separate acknowledgement from registrants > that they are aware of the exposure of their private information. We > observe, however, that for customers registering multiple domain names > in the same transaction, only one such acknowledgement should be > required. > > We strongly support the statement "The wording of the notice provided > by registrars should, to the extent feasible, be uniform." Because of > the highly competitive nature of the registrar business, registrars have > an incentive to downplay or obscure the privacy implications of > registering a domain name because they fear it may deter customers from > signing up. The specific wording of the notification, therefore, should > not be left to the discretion of registrars. We suggest that the wording > be developed by staff subject to the approval of the GNSO Council, and > translated as literally as possible into different languages by an > independent party. This language should then be incorporated into the > Registrar Accreditation Agreement. >