Volker, checking the details on the Web site is easier in your country, Germany.  There the Telemedia Act requires that a web site owner post a great deal of information that allows a consumer to identify the provider.  That includes address, details about the entity’s authorized representative (often the name of a legal person), telephone number and/or email address, details about shares and nominal capital, the company registration number, VAT number, and more.  It’s required even if services are offered not in return for payment but if advertisements are used to generate income.

 

But that’s not the law in most of the world, which have no such requirement.

 

The German law seems like a reminder that those engaged in commercial activity are not entitled to anonymity under GDPR.

 

Best,

--Greg

 

From: Gnso-epdp-team <gnso-epdp-team-bounces@icann.org> On Behalf Of Volker Greimann
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 9:29 AM
To: Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi <Hadia@tra.gov.eg>
Cc: gnso-epdp-team@icann.org
Subject: Re: [Gnso-epdp-team] ALAC Use Cases - Consumer Protection

 

Case 2 seems to be a bit far fetched and based on a discussion that has been done to death in various fora and WGs on ICANN previously. Do we really want to continue beating this dead horse? If a user wants to verify a site he wants to do business with, he can check the information on that site or in the SSL Certificate. If neither are present, that should tell any sensible user enough. There is absolutely no need for whois access for this purpose.

 

Case 1 seems to refer to a case that is better handled by LEAs.

-- 
Volker A. Greimann
General Counsel and Policy Manager
KEY-SYSTEMS GMBH

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On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:26 AM Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi <Hadia@tra.gov.eg> wrote:

Dear Team,

 

Please find attached two use cases in relation to consumer protection. Apologies for being late and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Best

Hadia

 

 

 

Eng. Hadia Elminiawi (M.Sc.)

Director, DNS-Entrepreneurship Center

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