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.