At 27/03/2013 11:47 AM, Garth Bruen at KnujOn wrote:

Thanks Alan. In terms of "words that in your mind would make the needed link, please propose them.", yes I will submit.

The important piece is connecting reports from the public to obligations of compliance in an clear and explicit way, this what is missing.

My recommendations are to

Change the WHOIS Accuracy Specification #5 from:

“Upon the occurrence of a Registered Name Holder's willful provision of inaccurate or unreliable WHOIS information…”

To:

“Upon the REPORT OR DISCOVERY of a Registered Name Holder's willful provision of inaccurate or unreliable WHOIS information…”

Although when I first saw this mentioned in Holly's wiki post, I liked it, but on reflection it does not quite work. I can report that Knujon is obviously a made up name and is a willful attempt to mask your true identity. Or that "Garth" is clearly a fabrication. If the registrar knows that these are both legitimate, should you still be required to provide documentation of their validity to the registrar within 15 days or loose your domains? I still like the idea, but that language cannot work. Would you accept "Upon a validated report or discovert..."?

AND modify the contract language of 3.7.8 from:

"...Registrar shall, upon notification by any person of an inaccuracy in the contact information associated with a Registered Name sponsored by Registrar, take reasonable steps to investigate that claimed inaccuracy. In the event Registrar learns of inaccurate contact information associated with a Registered Name it sponsors, it shall take reasonable steps to correct that inaccuracy."

To:

"...Registrar shall, upon notification by any person of an inaccuracy in the contact information associated with a Registered Name sponsored by Registrar, take reasonable steps to investigate that claimed inaccuracy. In the event Registrar learns of inaccurate contact information associated with a Registered Name it sponsors, it shall take reasonable steps to correct that inaccuracy AND IF NEEDED CANCEL OR SUSPEND THE DOMAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCURACY SPECIFICATION."

Why is this needed when 3.7.8 starts with "Registrar shall comply with the obligations specified in the Whois Accuracy Program Specification"? Alan