fyi --- Bruce Tonkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Subject: [council] Statement on WHOIS from a group of > registrars > Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:49:05 +1000 > From: "Bruce Tonkin" <[log in to unmask]> > To: "Council GNSO" <[log in to unmask]> > > Hello All, > > The statement below is a work in progress and is not yet an > official > registrars constituency statement, however the undersigned > registrars > have supported this statement. These registrars manage a > substantial > majority of WHOIS records for gTLDs. > > Discussion on this topic is publicly archived on the > registrars mailing > list. > > Regards, > Bruce Tonkin > > > We the undersigned registrars wish to confirm that we will > continue to > collect the data (commonly called WHOIS data) as required by > the > registrar accreditation agreement (all of which is currently > displayed > to the general public), and will continue to provide access to > such data > by law enforcement, intellectual property, ISPs, and others > through > appropriate processes. Registrars are open to improve those > processes > for more efficient access by legitimate users. > > Registrars store this information for the lifetime of their > agreement > with ICANN plus an additional 3 years. > > Registrars also note that other useful data such as the IP > (Internet > Protocol) address used by a registrant when registering a > domain name > and credit card information is also stored. This information > is also > available for law enforcement access through appropriate > processes. > > Registrars continue to support privacy protection for the > Personal Data > of natural persons. > > > List of supporters as of 9:30 AM Wednesday (6/28): > > Network Solutions > SRSPlus > Namesecure > eNom > Namebay > Active 24 > Dotster > AusRegistry > Melbourne IT > Schlund > CORE > Moniker.com > Nominalia > Tucows > GoDaddy > Directi > Domain The Net > NetNames > Stargate Holdings Corp > Encirca > Register.com > Name.com > Name Intelligence > CORE* > Nominalia* > Schlund* > > NOTE: * registrars only endorsed the original version. > Support for the > current draft is assumed > > > >