If I may comment, is it about the indigenous communities that is being referred by protect natural persons, then protect indigenous communities may suffice better! If it is the individual person in a community, then it seems alright. Cultural biodiversity at the grass roots is also a concern. Thanking you, Hakikur At 09:30 PM 2/16/2012, Wendy Seltzer wrote: >As we discussed on the NCSG call Wednesday, we had begun drafting a >statement for the punctCAT public comment. On the call, we heard support >for finalizing that statement and sending it in, despite being shortly >past the comment period's closing. Below, the statement for your review >and approval. Thanks to Avri for coordinating a draft from which this draws: > >--- > >The NCSG wishes to express its support for punctCAT's proposed amendment >to allow natural persons an opt-out measure by which some WHOIS data >would be withheld from public view. > >At the same time, we do not believe the request offers the opt-out >opportunity broadly enough to satisfy all legitimate privacy needs. The >NCSG believes there are several types of institution that require >similar opportunities to opt out from public display of their identity >and address details. Among those institutional types are organizations >that: > > * protect natural persons > * deal with political freedoms, > * deal with religious freedoms, > * deal with sexual preference and expression, > * deal with political minorities, > * deal with religious minorities, >and parents' groups that deal with children's activities such as sports >teams, home-schooling and other childcare issues. > >As the privacy of natural persons is protected within the EU Data >Protection Directive, political parties and minority speech are >protected within the privacy rules in other national laws. Given that >gTLDs are global, it will be important to take all national laws >into account. > >The NCSG further expresses concern that law enforcement and third party >access to the data should be consistent with due process protections. We >urge development of these disclosure procedures in conjunction with the >Community.