Hello All, The following advice in the GAC communiqué just presented in the ICANN Public Forum relates to WHOIS: "The GAC welcomes the opportunity to respond to the "draft ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with National Privacy Laws". Due to the complexity of this issue related to the diversity of national policies and procedures among GAC members the GAC does not believe a uniform process is workable and accordingly the interim solution from the GAC's San Juan communiqué should be the basis of resolving any potential conflict: ... specific cases should be referred to the relevant national government for advice on the authority of the request for derogation from the ICANN gTLD WHOIS policy. The GAC reiterates its recommendation outlined in the GAC WHOIS principles that a study on uses and misuses of WHOIS data should be undertaken by ICANN and is prepared to contribute to the elaboration of the terms of reference of such a study. " Regards, Bruce Tonkin