I am not aware of any discussion on this topic here, but anyway, these are the the comments I sent to ICANN regarding that topic. Hope it can be helpful. Patrick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Whois Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:37:30 +0200 From: Patrick Vande Walle <patrick@vande-walle.eu> Reply-To: patrick@vande-walle.eu To: raa-consultation@icann.org 3.3 Public Access to Data on Registered Names This section of the RAA has been left untouched, although it is well known to ICANN and its community that this contravenes several national and international laws. See http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2003/wp76_en.pdf and http://www.icann.org/correspondence/schaar-to-cerf-12mar07.pdf Quoting this last letter: "Privacy issues stemming from the making available of personal data in the context of the operation of the WHOIS services should be solved through amendments to the registrar accreditation agreement that would offer at least to those registrars located in EU member countries to comply with EU data protection legislation in accordance with the basic principles of data protection and privacy." How can ICANN justify that it forces, by contract, other parties to break the law ? Thank you Patrick Vande Walle -- Patrick Vande Walle Check my blog: http://patrick.vande-walle.eu