Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: December 10, 2012 2:58:58 PM PST > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Survey Final Report > Published > > > > https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-07dec12- > en.htm > WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Survey Final Report Published > > 7 December 2012 > In response to requests from the GNSO Council to gather data to > inform future WHOIS policy development activities, ICANN has > commissioned a series of studies to evaluate different aspects of > WHOIS. The WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Relay/Reveal Final Report, > prepared by the Interisle Consulting Group in Boston, MA, USA, is > the first of these studies to be published by ICANN. The Final > Report takes into account public comment received on the Draft > Report (See:http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/whois-pp- > survey-04jun12-en.htm), and is available athttp://gnso.icann.org/ > issues/whois/whois-pp-survey-final-report-22aug12-en.pdf [PDF, 1.23 > MB]. The Appendices are available at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/ > whois/whois-pp-survey-final-report-appendices-22aug12-en.pdf [PDF, > 2.11 MB]. > > This survey was organized to determine the feasibility of > conducting a future in-depth study to examine requests to relay > communications to, and to reveal the identity of, customers of > proxy and privacy services used in connection with gTLD domain > names. The Interisle Consulting Group completed the survey in > August 2012. The findings suggest that it may be feasible to tailor > a future study to provide aggregated data and basic data collection > from privacy and proxy providers. Such a future survey is likely to > be well regarded by all stakeholders in the community, as it would > provide significantly useful data in understanding how privacy and > proxy providers manage relay and reveal requests. > > The GNSO Council is expected to evaluate whether to recommend a new > future study based upon the findings of the WHOIS Privacy and Proxy > Survey Final Report. > > For more information on the WHOIS Studies, please see: http:// > gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/studies. > > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]