Hello All, The statement below is a work in progress and is not yet an official registrars constituency statement, however the undersigned registrars have supported this statement. These registrars manage a substantial majority of WHOIS records for gTLDs. Discussion on this topic is publicly archived on the registrars mailing list. Regards, Bruce Tonkin We the undersigned registrars wish to confirm that we will continue to collect the data (commonly called WHOIS data) as required by the registrar accreditation agreement (all of which is currently displayed to the general public), and will continue to provide access to such data by law enforcement, intellectual property, ISPs, and others through appropriate processes. Registrars are open to improve those processes for more efficient access by legitimate users. Registrars store this information for the lifetime of their agreement with ICANN plus an additional 3 years. Registrars also note that other useful data such as the IP (Internet Protocol) address used by a registrant when registering a domain name and credit card information is also stored. This information is also available for law enforcement access through appropriate processes. Registrars continue to support privacy protection for the Personal Data of natural persons. List of supporters as of 9:30 AM Wednesday (6/28): Network Solutions SRSPlus Namesecure eNom Namebay Active 24 Dotster AusRegistry Melbourne IT Schlund CORE Moniker.com Nominalia Tucows GoDaddy Directi Domain The Net NetNames Stargate Holdings Corp Encirca Register.com Name.com Name Intelligence CORE* Nominalia* Schlund* NOTE: * registrars only endorsed the original version. Support for the current draft is assumed