At 16/05/2012 04:32 PM, Christopher Wilkinson wrote:

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On the substance, one could write a great deal, but it has all been said before, repeatedly, during the past 14 years. In the "RT" report, I noticed in particular:

" ... 66% of the 21 [ ccTLD] registries surveyed allow the addresses of private individuals to be hidden from the public WHOIS service. "

and

"the ICANN community may be able to benefit from the sharing of good practices with regard to ccTLD WHOIS, particularly those registries who operate in a legislated data protection environment."

I have been watching the discussion here with some interest. Some gTLD registries requested that their contracts be modified to allow them to hide information about natural persons (ie people and not companies) along with provisions to disclose such information to those with a genuine need to know. These requests were duly approved. I would be greatly surprised if similar requests from other registries would be turned down. If there are those who feel that all gTLD registries should be compelled to follow such a methodology, we have a policy development process which allows ICANN to make such a requirement. If there are those in At-Large who feel that all gTLD registries should be compelled to follow such a methodology, the ALAC has the ability to initiate the investigation of such a policy development process. Perhaps it is time to stop talking and to do some work. Alan