Perfect! On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Milton Mueller wrote: > This would be the final draft, to be sent to the Task Force and GNSO. > Note that the only dissent is recognized in the statement. (sec. 2) > > ===== > > Statement of the Noncommercial Users Constituency on Whois Task Force > 1/2 Recommendation: > Improving Notification and Consent for the Use of Contact Data in the > Whois Service > > 1. Constituency position > 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. The constituency would like to make sure that the same > notification and acknowledgement should take place during renewals. > > 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. > > 2. Method for Reaching Agreement on NCUC position > > NCUC's Chair drafted and circulated via email a constituency > statementon its discussion list, soliciting input from its members. A > minor addition to the draft, concerning renewals, was suggested and > agreed and incorporated into the constituency statement. All comments > were supportive except for one, which emphasized the additional burden > on registrants of the additional process. > > 3. Impact on Constituency. > While there is some recognition that the registration process might be > slightly more complicated as a result of the proposed change, all member > organizations but one considered the benefits of more prominent > notification and registrant awareness to outweigh any burden. > > > > Dr. Milton Mueller > Syracuse University School of Information Studies > http://www.digital-convergence.org > http://www.internetgovernance.org > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Chun Eung Hwi General Secretary, PeaceNet | fax: (+82) 2-2649-2624 Seoul Yangchun P.O.Box 81 | pcs: (+82) 019-259-2667 Seoul, 158-600, Korea | eMail: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------