"Furthermore,under EU law, the notion of consumer does not extend to legal persons, even if they have a non-business character (e.g. non-profit associations). The Court of Justice has consis- tently held that EU definitions of consumer must not be given a wider interpretation." On 01/09/2016 10:30 PM, Nigel Roberts wrote:
The definition of 'consumer' in this is problematic.
In EU legislation it generally excludes businesses. A common understanding would be a 'natural person acting outside the scope of an economic activity'.
On 01/09/2016 09:56 PM, Bruce Tonkin wrote:
Hello Malcolm,
Even if rephrased, I don't think I understand what is intended to be meant by "consumer trust".
It is a general term like human rights and public interest.
I think the key is that it needs to be grounded in what it means for ICANN's limited mission.
If we are talking about domain names it could be that:
- a domain name resolves deterministically to a particular resource connected to the Internet
(the implementation of DNSSEC at the root was intended to help with that)
- there is a legal person that can be contacted when there is a problem with the operation of the domain name
(the collection and publication of contact information was intended to help with that)
What it should not be in my personal view:
- anything to do with the content of a website that might be referred to by the domain name
- anything to do with the characteristics of a legal person associated with a domain name that might be inferred from the name
Regards, Bruce Tonkin
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