Hi, Arvi, it will depend on the policy of the new gTLD registry. Grigori Saghyan ISOC.AM On 29.04.2013 23:03, Avri Doria wrote: > Hi, > > Assuming they are doing this because of law, can we say that for countries where the ccTLDs protect individual registrant's privacy rights (so far: .ca, .fr, .se) we could assume that Registrars domiciled in those countries could be expected to follow the same rules with regard to all existing gTLD registrations? > > Seems like it should be hard to argue against the the proposition: Thick Whois robs registrants of their Privacy Rights. > > > avri > > On 29 Apr 2013, at 13:38, Tamir Israel wrote: > >> Same for CIRA the .CA registrar: individual registrants can remain anonymous. >> >> Best, >> Tamir >> >> On 4/26/2013 6:57 PM, marie-laure Lemineur wrote: >>> Avri, >>> >>> Same goes for the french registry DOTFR....anonymity is applied by default when the data belongs to an individual registrants.... >>> >>> When you think that Afnic in its April report announced that 40% of the .FR domains are owned by individuals.....and that one in every two domain names is filed by an individual... >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Marie-laure >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Balleste, Roy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> Thank you Avri!! I had projected that this would happen during our working group discussions, but the non-NCUC members disagreed with me. >>> Somehow good human rights standards pointed in a different direction. >>> >>> Roy >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Avri Doria >>> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 4:30 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] Fwd: [] EU, RAA, and privacy >>> >>> From another list. >>> Forwarded with permission. >>> >>> Seemed relevant to some of the things we have been talking about. >>> If only all gTLD could be Swedish TLDs >>> >>> avri >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: "John Berryhill, Ph.d., Esq." >>>> Subject: [] EU, RAA, and privacy >>>> Date: 26 April 2013 11:55:15 EST >>>> >>>> >>>> The .se registry has amended their terms: >>>> >>>> "In the revised Registration terms concerning the top-level domain .se, which will become effective on June 3, clause 9.3 stipulates that "the registry of Domain names maintained by the Foundation is made available on the Internet through a domain-name search service (WHOIS). If the Domain holder is a physical person or a sole trader, no personal details will be published in this manner, unless specifically requested by the Domain holder." >>>> >>>> Someone had mentioned this earlier on the list, so I made an audio excerpt of the developing EU multiple personality disorder on WHOIS and data protection, and posted it to http://www.johnberryhill.com/eu-privacy-for-us.mp3 >>>> >>>> The audio clip is a statement from the EU rep at the Beijing GAC/Board meeting, expressing his gratitude that everyone else in the world will be flagged, tagged, and bagged, but EU registrars will be able to claim a carve-out from the provisions of the new RAA. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> John Berryhill, Ph.d. Esq. >>> > -- Grigori Saghyan PGP Key ID: 0x48E4D5DC