December 2013 - Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg

Re: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] EWG privacy & proxy survey: draft questions
by Don Blumenthal Jan. 6, 2014

Jan. 6, 2014

Gema, Thanks very much for your very thorough and interesting post. I appreciate your comments, which definitely are not out of scope at all. Regards, Don ========================= DON M. BLUMENTHAL, Esq. Senior Policy Advisor, Public Interest Registry dblumenthal(a)pir.org Office: +1 734 418-8242 | Mobile: +1 202 431-0874 | Skype: donblumenthal | www.pir.org<http://www.pir.org/> | Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pir.org> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/PIRegistry> | Instagram<http://instagram.com/piregistry> | YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/PIRegistry> From: "<Campillos Gonzalez>", Gema Maria <GCAMPILLOS(a)minetur.es<mailto:GCAMPILLOS@minetur.es>> Date: Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 2:27 PM To: "gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org>" <gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org>> Subject: Re: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] EWG privacy & proxy survey: draft questions Dear all, First of all, I introduce myself. My name is Gema Campillos and I´m a civil servant in Spain. My current position is Deputy Director on Information Society Services (in the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism) and I represent my country at the GAC. I would like to stress from the outset that I´m not a representative for the GAC in this GNSO working group. My interest in participating in this WG comes from the hurdles proxy and privacy services suppose for the exercise or supervisory powers over service providers subject to Spanish law. They may serve legitimate purposes, like preventing spam or phishing attacks, or even prosecution in countries with limited freedom of speech, but in my experience, proxy and privacy services are overwhelmingly used by infringers of consumer protection and intellectual property laws. We oversee websites addressing the Spanish market. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports supervise websites violating IPRs of right holders in Spain as well. They all have to comply with Spanish law. But, some of them choose to move to other locations to escape from public authorities control (their servers are located outside, their hosting providers are beyond our frontiers…), they hide behind “straw men” or hire a privacy or proxy service in another country to replace their Whois information. But, they still target the residents in Spain by providing information in Spanish, pricing in euros, displaying adverts of Spanish companies, etc. Some of the privacy and proxy services also spread their reach to foreign markets. Godaddy is a conspicuous instance. It detects you access the Internet through an IP address in Spain and directs you to http://es.godaddy.com. There, information is given in Spanish with a local telephone number for assistance. Those also fall within the scope of Spanish Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and E-Commerce. We have addressed proxy and privacy services on several occasions to request them to reveal to us the identity of the domain name holder, but they have refused to do so, arguing that they can only disclose that information to “law enforcement agencies” (aren´t we one of those?) or to “a state or federal court located in the United States”. If we were to seek a court order to be conveyed to foreign courts, recognized and executed by them, which we are not obliged to do according to our national law, the website at issue could have disappeared by then and our action would be useless. I enclose two sample answers. *I hope the companies named in this e-mail and in the examples don´t take offence. I do not have any animosity against them. To be fair, I must confess that IP providers, hosting services… also make this kind of excuse sometimes. Vey often they don´t even respond to our requests. The Internet grants providers, however small they are, the ability to sell or offer information globally. But, I think that when you benefit from access to a market you must be obliged to abide by its rules as well (in the EU we apply the “country of origin” principle to the Internet except for consumer protection and some other exceptions since there´s a high level of harmonization among us). This rule of thumb in the physical world is not respected on the Internet to the detriment of recipients of services in local markets. A company doing business internationally should be able to cooperate with local authorities. Otherwise, it is helping infringers of local laws to pursue their illegal activities. I understand verifying the authenticity of public authorities requests when a company provides its services worldwide, the competence of that authority to issue that request and ascertaining the information is not going to be used against human rights treaties cannot be automated like all the processes of registries, registrars and other Internet service providers. But, they should do something to cooperate with public authorities. In this regard, I draw your attention to the Internet & Jurisdiction project (http://www.internetjurisdiction.net) that is undertaking the challenge to devise a protocol based on self-regulation to overcome the barriers jurisdiction limits pose to law enforcement efforts. Sorry for this long message. You might come to the conclusion at the end of it that my concerns are outside the scope of this WG. In this case, please let me know and I won´t bother you anymore. I attach the questionnaire for the EWG with some questions –the ones I can answered- filled in. As we are almost in Christmas, I wish you enjoy this season and have a happy new year. Gema Campillos Deputy Director of Information Society Services Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Information Society Telf: 34 91 346 15 97 SPAIN De: gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg-bounces(a)icann.org<mailto:nso-ppsai-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org] En nombre de Mary Wong Enviado el: miércoles, 18 de diciembre de 2013 0:46 Para: gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org> Asunto: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] EWG privacy & proxy survey: draft questions Dear Working Group members, Please find attached the draft questions that were discussed during the WG call earlier today. As mentioned, the Expert Working Group intends to send out the final text and questions by mid-January, and as such feedback and suggestions from this WG should be sent to them no later than Friday 10 January 2014. To expedite WG discussion and finalization of feedback, we suggest inserting any comments you may have in the attached document. In order to facilitate discussion at the next WG call on Tuesday 7 January 2014, please send your annotated document to me as soon as you can – staff will collate all responses received for the 7 January call. In the interest of expediency, you may wish to indicate that your comments are made in your personal capacity should it prove difficult to obtain your constituency/stakeholder group/community's feedback and sign-off in the timeline within which we are working. Since waiting to start and finish all WG discussions about this survey in that single call on 7 January is an ambitious undertaking, however, it would be tremendously helpful if comments, questions and thoughts could be posted to this mailing list between now and then. For example, you may wish to circulate your written comments on the questions to the list to kickstart discussions or raise concerns about particular questions. For the most effective and efficient use of your time, you may wish also to focus on commenting on the scope and substance of each draft question rather than redrafting them. The EWG also welcomes feedback on the types of questions that should be asked and that are missing from the current draft. Thank you all for an excellent discussion today – and happy holidays to you and yours! Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org<mailto:mary.wong@icann.org> * One World. One Internet. *

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A quick note before the holidays
by Don Blumenthal Jan. 2, 2014

Jan. 2, 2014

At least for some of us. I know that some WG members already have checked out for the year. This note is a reminder that we have a few items pending leading up to our next call on January 7. To inform and move our work forward, please: 1. Complete this survey so that we can get a preliminary idea of members’ views concerning the WG’s charter questions. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/86N33WX 2. Take a look at the proposed grouping of charter questions, which should help us organize our work. The charter gives us some latitude to adjust wording and add items, and you will see some of that in the draft. In addition, don’t hesitate to note any “what does that mean” items. 3. Review and circulate comments that you might have on proposed outreach letters to GNSO SG/C and ICANN SO/ACs, which are attached. In addition, the Whois EWG is examining privacy and proxy issues. Please take some time to look at a draft of their proposed questionnaire and submit your thoughts. http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg/2013-December/000073.html. As reminders, WG information and documents are posted at https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43983094 and you can review recordings and transcripts of our meetings by their respective dates on http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar. Regards, Don

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Holiday card (electronic version)
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 29, 2013

Dec. 29, 2013

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EWG privacy & proxy survey: draft questions
by Mary Wong Dec. 19, 2013

Dec. 19, 2013

Dear Working Group members, Please find attached the draft questions that were discussed during the WG call earlier today. As mentioned, the Expert Working Group intends to send out the final text and questions by mid-January, and as such feedback and suggestions from this WG should be sent to them no later than Friday 10 January 2014. To expedite WG discussion and finalization of feedback, we suggest inserting any comments you may have in the attached document. In order to facilitate discussion at the next WG call on Tuesday 7 January 2014, please send your annotated document to me as soon as you can staff will collate all responses received for the 7 January call. In the interest of expediency, you may wish to indicate that your comments are made in your personal capacity should it prove difficult to obtain your constituency/stakeholder group/community's feedback and sign-off in the timeline within which we are working. Since waiting to start and finish all WG discussions about this survey in that single call on 7 January is an ambitious undertaking, however, it would be tremendously helpful if comments, questions and thoughts could be posted to this mailing list between now and then. For example, you may wish to circulate your written comments on the questions to the list to kickstart discussions or raise concerns about particular questions. For the most effective and efficient use of your time, you may wish also to focus on commenting on the scope and substance of each draft question rather than redrafting them. The EWG also welcomes feedback on the types of questions that should be asked and that are missing from the current draft. Thank you all for an excellent discussion today and happy holidays to you and yours! Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org * One World. One Internet. *

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MP3 PPSAI WG - Tuesday 17 December 2013 at 1500 UTC
by Nathalie Peregrine Dec. 19, 2013

Dec. 19, 2013

Dear All, Please find the MP3 recording for the Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP Working group call held on Tuesday 17 December 2013 at 15:00 UTC at: http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-ppsa-20131217-en.mp3 On page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#<http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#may>dec The recordings and transcriptions of the calls are posted on the GNSO Master Calendar page: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/ Attendees: James Bladel - RrSG Amr Elsadr - NCUC Alex Deacon - IPC Don Blumenthal - RySG Gordon Dick - RrSG Graeme Bunton - RrSG Kristina Rosette - IPC Luc Seufer - RrSG Marie-Laure Lemineur - NPOC Steve Metalitz - IPC Michele Neylon - RrSG Roy Balleste - NCUC Tim Ruiz - RrSG Todd Williams - IPC Volker Greimann - RrSG Carlton Samuels - At-Large Stephanie Perrin - NCUC Griffin Barnett - IPC Tatiana Khramstova - RrSG Justin Macy - CBUC Kathy Kleiman - RySG Emily Emanuel - CBUC John Horton - CBUC Keith Kupfershmid - IPC Theo Geurts - RrSG Osvaldo Novoa - ISPCP Phil Marano - IPC Gema Campillos - GAC Val Sherman - SOI to be completed Nic Steinbach - RrSG David Hughes - SOI to be completed Maria Farrell - NCUC Tobias Sattler - RrSG Apologies: Holly Raiche - ALAC Statton Hammock - RrSG Eric Brunner-Williams - Individual Olga Cavalli - GAC ICANN staff: Marika Konings Mary Wong Margie Milam Nathalie Peregrine ** Please let me know if your name has been left off the list ** Mailing list archives: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-irtpd/ Wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/B4JwAg Thank you. Kind regards, Nathalie Peregrine Adobe Connect chat transcript for Tuesday 17 December 2013: Marika Konings:Welcome to the PPSAI WG meeting of 17 December 2013 Graeme Bunton:Marika, did Don make it in? Graeme Bunton:also, room is muted Marika Konings:@Graeme - yes, we spoke to Don briefly but I think he is about to get on a plane. Nathalie Peregrine:Microphones are now enabled in the AC room Nathalie Peregrine:In order to activate your microphones, if you would rather not dial into the audio bridge, please click on the telephone icon at the top of the toolbar and follow instructions from there. Please remember to mute the microphone however once this is done to avoid background noise, thank you! Carlton Samuels:Morning All Luc Seufer:Afternoon ;-) Marika Konings:Don Blumenthal had to disconnected as he needed to catch a flight Amr Elsadr:Just dialled in. Hi. Kathy Kleiman:Hi All! Graeme Bunton:Thanks Mary Nathalie Peregrine:Osvaldo Novoa and Phil Marano have joined the call Osvaldo Novoa:Hello all, sorry I am late Nathalie Peregrine:As well as Michele Meylon Michele Neylon:and me Michele Neylon:/me hops up and down Nathalie Peregrine:Noted, noted, noted, Michele. Michele Neylon:Nathalie - it was more for Margie :) Phil Marano:Hi Nathalie. I just dialed in, on adobe as well. Nathalie Peregrine:thank you Phil, noted also Nathalie Peregrine:Gema Campillos has joined the audio bridge Kathy Kleiman:Should the WG agree on the questions proposed? Margie Milam:Michele is on the EWG too Nathalie Peregrine:Volker Greimann has joined the AC room Nathalie Peregrine:Kristina Rosette has joined the AC room Kathy Kleiman:No, to clarify, should the WG come to come agreement before adding a question or two? or can people individually add questions to the survey? Carlton Samuels:@Tim: It comes from the idea of rebranding as Shield Services Mary Wong:Thanks, Kathy - sorry if I misunderstood. I'd suggest sharing potential questions among the WG to agree on, both today and on the mailing list after, prior to suggesting them to the EWG to avoid duplication or confusion. Will that work? Kristina Rosette:I have a clarifying question: Are we talking about a survey (in the true sense of the word) or a poll? Kathy Kleiman:Agreed, Mary Bladel:Just my opinion, but I think the term "shield serivce" isnt helping. Recommend we clarify the distinction between Privacy and Proxy and stick with those terms. Thanks. Luc Seufer:Agreed with Bladel. Tim Ruiz:I do like the use of the term regulator/regulation. It is an honest approach of what is being done here. Carlton Samuels:@Format: Yes, to reformatting for ease of response. Tim Ruiz:No, it's been called Proxy, which is more correct than Shield based on how it works. Kathy Kleiman:Why does the EWG need this type of detail, and isn't a lot of this covered in the existing p/p studies commissioned by the GNSO? Bladel:Protection from unsolicited survey invitations is part of the value of these services. :) Amr Elsadr:@Tim: It's shield and proxy services vs. privacy and proxy services. :) Kathy Kleiman:If my questions could be shared with the group since I am off audio, I would appreciate it. Tx you! Carlton Samuels:@Tim: The idea of using the term Shield in terms of the EWG and the direction of RDS is to look at results of the effort Michele Neylon:@Margie - oi! Michele Neylon:@margie - you might want to have mentioned this to me :) Margie Milam::) Bladel:or no registrar Carlton Samuels:@Steve: Yes. Process and Procedure is VERY important to accreditation. So every and all existing procedure is grist for the mill Michele Neylon:@Steve if the responses aren't anonymised you're not going to get many replies Carlton Samuels:But I believe we must encourage full disclosure by anonymising the source of data Michele Neylon:+1 Carlton Luc Seufer:Honestly, can we stop coming up with fancy words that have no meaning in practice? This is how we ended up with the prohibition of "piracy" (instead of copyright infringement) in the RA and RRAs.Either one is using a privacy service to keep his details private or one is using a proxy service to have a third party acting as registrant on his behalf. A shield has a negative connotation to me. Kathy Kleiman:+2 Carlton Kristina Rosette:When we did the Supplemental Domain Tasting Request for Information, participants were assigned a randomized code, which was retained by staff. The responses, as disclosed to the drafting team and as published, were "anonymous". But, it was possible to link the respondent with their code. And, in fact, I remember doing it because some DT members doubted the veracity of certain responses. Carlton Samuels:@Luc: OK. Anonymise means deliberately concealing the source of information Nathalie Peregrine:Val Sherman and Nic Steinbach have joined the call steve metalitz 2:Recipients of this survey are businesses, not individuals, and if they are subject to 2013 RAA some of this information needs to be made public anyway. Mary Wong:@Kristina, thanks for that - it may be something we can look at, whether it be for the EWG survey or other subsequent surveys that this WG may wish to do. Kristina Rosette:@Mary: I spent hours working with Staff on the Supp. RFI and am happy to provide whatever informatoin (if any) may be helpful. Mary Wong:@Kristina, that would be great! Maria Farrell:Hi all, joining late. Carlton Samuels:@Speaker: Agreed. We can look at the data that is disclosed and infer a process. If we want to validate the details of the process maybe we can go one step furhter. Especially for the verification process we are agreed is required. Stephanie perrin:@Luc Unfortunately, using the term "privacy" to denote protection of information that is not protected under privacy law (ie. Commercial) is confusing. IN the EWG we are trying to decipher precisely which data elements will be protected, misure of the term "privacy" matters. AS for the term "shield", it is a bit lame, if you have a better one we are all ears. Luc Seufer:@Steve what do you mean? Luc Seufer:@ Stephanie Anonymizer orsomething to that extent steve metalitz 2:@Tim +1 steve metalitz 2:re anonymization Margie Milam:Tim: Shield is only suggested for the privacy services, not proxy Carlton Samuels:@Mary on some experiences on data sharing from previous WHOIS Studies. We are so advised. Bladel:Sorry, audio problems. Bladel:I will dial in. . Mary Wong:@James, sorry to hear that; yes, please do. Thanks. Mary Wong:@Carlton, that was my understanding as well. Bladel:Now on the phone line. Thanks. Mary Wong:@James, you're next, after Michele. Gordon Dick:Am I missing something or are all these questions and focus on process and procedure of service rather than actually understanding why some corporates or consumers require the service and therefore also what procedures are required to service those needs? Tim Ruiz:@Margie, ok. Still seems confusing to change it now after years of these services being out there. You will have people, respondents, wondering what you're talking about. Michele Neylon:+1 to James Mary Wong:@Gordon, my understanding is that this is the focus of the survey (i.e. actual practices) but you are right, the broader question is one of those that our WG has been tasked to examine. Kathy Kleiman:Do we have a list of all P/P services, including 3rd parties? Carlton Samuels:@James: Good point on disconnect of the service as a Registrar-only offering here forward. Carlton Samuels:@Kathy: Not to our knowledge. Although we can pick up a lot from current registrations Kathy Kleiman:Tx James! Kathy Kleiman:True, tx Carlton. Michele Neylon:Kathy - I don't think a definitive list exists steve metalitz 2:Rebranding issue may be tempest in teapot since according to one of the Whois studies >90% of all such services are proxy services. Kathy Kleiman:Tx Michele, I haven't seen one either Tim Ruiz:Lawyers are not service providers? Kathy Kleiman:Stephanie is right - one of the biggest sets of proxy providers, we think, are lawyers for large companies Volker Greimann:obviously any rules must also apply to lawyers providing such services Volker Greimann:all providers must be accredited or none Kathy Kleiman:Lawyers will claim atorney-client privilge Volker Greimann:they provide a service for their clients too Volker Greimann:too bad Bladel:Could also include domain brokers. Anyone registering a name for the use ofa third party. Kathy Kleiman:I agree with you, lawyers provide proxy services Carlton Samuels:@Tim: That might be a misspeak. Whomever provides the data that changes the common understanding of registration data is a provider of a service Amr Elsadr:In developing countries, as dysfunctional as it is, a lot of web developers are defacto proxy service providers to their clients too. Bladel:So if a current privacy service were set up by attys, then they could claim the same privilege? Bladel:@Amr - yes, that is very common. And a major source of disputes between customers & service providers. Kathy Kleiman:But Mary, didn't we find with our first attempt of the "Reveal" study that providers don't want to provide this information? Kristina Rosette:@Kathy: What is the basis for saying that many lawyers provide proxy services? I want to go back and read whatever the source document(s) is/are. Thanks! Volker Greimann:look at .de trustee services... most are run by lawyers Kathy Kleiman:Tx you for the explanations, Mary and Margie@ Kathy Kleiman:! Graeme Bunton:Back. Carlton Samuels:@Tim: The EWG's objective is to develop a set of principles that could guide policy surrounding recognition of privacy claims attending the Registration Data Directory Service. Kathy Kleiman:As I calculatte it, next mtg is second week in Jan: Tues, 1/7. Marika Konings:Margie asks that it would be helpful if comments are received by 10 January at the latest. Tim Ruiz:Thank you Carlton. Kathy Kleiman:@Kristina, to earlier question: over time as Whois Review Team and prior task forces collected info, we heard from many attorneys who said if there were no proxy/privacy providers, they would still continue to provide the service and there was nothing we could do Kathy Kleiman:to regulate or limit... Kathy Kleiman:I don't like the answer (and don't kill the messanger!) but I heard it many times. Graeme Bunton:Thank you Mary Kathy Kleiman:Happy Holidays All! Tim Ruiz:Thanks Mary! steve metalitz 2:thanks Mary for chairing Carlton Samuels:thank You all for the discussion. It certainly helped me Marie-laure Lemineur:tx Mary and all Amr Elsadr:Thanks. Happy holidays. :)

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Re: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] Next PPSAI call?
by Mary Wong Dec. 17, 2013

Dec. 17, 2013

Thanks, Nathalie this is to confirm that the next PPSAI WG call will be on Tuesday 7 January 2014 at 1500 UTC. I'll be sending around the draft survey questions from the EWG shortly, to be reviewed by the WG between now and then so that we as a WG can compile and send any suggestions and feedback we may have to Margie and the EWG by 10 January 2014. Happy holidays, everyone! Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org * One World. One Internet. * From: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:25 AM To: Marika Konings <marika.konings(a)icann.org> Cc: "gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg(a)icann.org" <gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg(a)icann.org> Subject: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] Next PPSAI call? > Sorry Marika, > > I only heard that the next PPSAI call would be in January, was a precise date > fixed? > > Thanks > > Nathalie >

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Next PPSAI call?
by Nathalie Peregrine Dec. 17, 2013

Dec. 17, 2013

Sorry Marika, I only heard that the next PPSAI call would be in January, was a precise date fixed? Thanks Nathalie

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Agenda for WG meeting on Tuesday 17 December
by Mary Wong Dec. 16, 2013

Dec. 16, 2013

Dear WG members, Please note that we will have a slightly revised agenda for our call tomorrow, as follows: 1. Roll Call/SOI 2. Update on proposed EWG Privacy & Proxy Survey (Margie Milam) 3. Review Mind Map: "brainstorm" to categorize/group and prioritize Charter questions (Marika Konings) 4. Next steps and preparation of Work Plan 5. Next meeting: agree on set dates and times going forward The revision was made as a result of conversations with ICANN staff members supporting the Expert Working Group on gTLD data directory services (EWG); we are pleased to confirm that Margie Milam, ICANN Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, will be joining the call tomorrow and will brief us on the proposed EWG survey of privacy and proxy service practices. As this was a topic that was brought up in the last WG call, we hope that Margie's update and presence on the call will be helpful. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org * One World. One Internet. * From: Mary Wong <mary.wong(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:10 PM To: "gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg(a)icann.org" <gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg(a)icann.org> Subject: Action items and proposed agenda for the next WG meeting > Dear WG members, > > Please find attached a revised Mind Map for your review, based on the > discussions from the last call earlier this week. Thanks again to Maria for > serving as the interim chair of this group, and welcome to Don, Graeme and > Steve as the respective Chair and Vice-Chairs! In preparation for the next WG > call on Tuesday 17 December at 1500 UTC, a summary of the action items from > the last meeting and a proposed agenda follows. > > Action Items: > 1. Submit Statements of Interest (SOI) (this is for those WG members yet to do > so, including WG members who need to update older SOIs; please note that you > may be asked to leave the WG if you fail to submit a SOI as that is a > requirement for participation per the GNSO WG Guidelines) > 2. Review and comment on Charter questions with view toward confirming whether > and how to group/categorize and (if possible) prioritize the Charter questions > please submit any initial comments or suggestions to the mailing list in > order to spur discussion ahead of the next meeting > Proposed Agenda: > 1. Roll Call/SOI > 2. Review Mind Map: "brainstorm" to categorize/group and prioritize Charter > questions > 3. Next steps and preparation of Work Plan > 4. Next meeting: agree on set dates and times going forward > For your convenience, here is the link to the WG wiki page where all the > background documents sent previously as well as the Charter are stored: > https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg. You will also find links to the most > recently-updated list of WG members as well as the mailing list archives. > > Thanks and cheers > Mary > > Mary Wong > Senior Policy Director > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) > Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 > Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org > > * One World. One Internet. *

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Action items and proposed agenda for the next WG meeting
by Mary Wong Dec. 12, 2013

Dec. 12, 2013

Dear WG members, Please find attached a revised Mind Map for your review, based on the discussions from the last call earlier this week. Thanks again to Maria for serving as the interim chair of this group, and welcome to Don, Graeme and Steve as the respective Chair and Vice-Chairs! In preparation for the next WG call on Tuesday 17 December at 1500 UTC, a summary of the action items from the last meeting and a proposed agenda follows. Action Items: 1. Submit Statements of Interest (SOI) (this is for those WG members yet to do so, including WG members who need to update older SOIs; please note that you may be asked to leave the WG if you fail to submit a SOI as that is a requirement for participation per the GNSO WG Guidelines) 2. Review and comment on Charter questions with view toward confirming whether and how to group/categorize and (if possible) prioritize the Charter questions please submit any initial comments or suggestions to the mailing list in order to spur discussion ahead of the next meeting Proposed Agenda: 1. Roll Call/SOI 2. Review Mind Map: "brainstorm" to categorize/group and prioritize Charter questions 3. Next steps and preparation of Work Plan 4. Next meeting: agree on set dates and times going forward For your convenience, here is the link to the WG wiki page where all the background documents sent previously as well as the Charter are stored: https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg. You will also find links to the most recently-updated list of WG members as well as the mailing list archives. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org * One World. One Internet. *

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FW: ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION
by Mary Wong Dec. 10, 2013

Dec. 10, 2013

Dear WG members, In case you are interested, the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers that ICANN engaged to conduct the Whois Misuse Study commissioned by the GNSO in 2010 will be conducting a webinar next Tuesday, 17 December, to present and discuss their findings with the community. Their initial report has also been published for public comment and can be accessed here along with some further background information: https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/whois-misuse-27nov13-en.htm Please contact the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs(a)icann.org if you wish to attend one of the two scheduled webinars. The Misuse Study is the last of the studies and surveys that were commissioned by the GNSO Council in 2010-11 to be completed. Prior to this, the Privacy & Proxy Abuse Study was published for public comment in September 2013; a report of the public comments received has now been posted and we expect a Final Report from the research team at the National Physical Laboratory to be completed very soon: https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/whois-pp-abuse-study-24sep13-en .htm. ICANN staff will publish the Final Report upon receipt and I will be sure to alert you when that occurs. Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org * One World. One Internet. * From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:02 PM To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Reminder: ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION > > > > ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION > > In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat > (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> ) to > receive the call details. > > You are invited to participate in a webinar about the recently released Whois > Misuse Study, conducted for ICANN by Carnegie Mellon University¹s Cylab. This > study has now been published for public comment, and community feedback is > being invited in order to assist ICANN with evaluating potential changes to > Whois policy. > > The study was commissioned by the GNSO to obtain objective and quantifiable > information about the extent, nature, and impact of WHOIS public data misuse > that is, harmful actions taken using contact information obtained from WHOIS > through (1) analyzing reported misuse incidents and (2) conducting experiments > to measure misuse and the effectiveness of anti-harvesting measures. CMU was > engaged to perform the study using two complementary approaches: (1) a > descriptive study to document and analyze WHOIS misuse incidents that have > already occurred and (2) an experimental study to stimulate and record misuse > in order to measure more reliably the impact of making WHOIS data public and > WHOIS query filters applied to deter data harvesting. > CMU¹s chief researchers on the study, Dr. Nicolas Christin and Mr. Nektarios > Leontiadis, and ICANN staff will provide a briefing on Tuesday 17 December at > 12.00 UTC and > 19.00 UTC, summarizing their findings and conclusions based on the studies > they performed and data they analyzed. Amongst other topics, Dr. Christin and > Mr. Nektarios will discuss: > > · CMU¹s methodology for the study and the hypothesis tested; > · The different project activities that were undertaken for the study; > · CMU¹s analysis of the data reported and sampled for the study; and > · CMU¹s conclusions based on the results of its analysis. > > The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time > zones. Each session, scheduled to run for sixty (60) minutes, will be > conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a > slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. > > Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each > session. During the course of the webinar, questions may also be submitted > using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate > in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made > available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to > answer any questions that you email to policy-staff(a)icann.org > <mailto:policy-staff@icann.org> . > > In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat > (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> ) to > receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join on > Tuesday 17 December - at 12.00 UTC or at 19.00 UTC (to convert those times > into your local time, see: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html > <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html> ). We will send you an > e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO > NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff member¹s e-mail address. >

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