Hi,
I think that part about the origin of privacy services in not question. Registrars sell this service, Proxy has a broader definition, but when limited to offers by Registrars, it is straightforward.
it is not just registrars offering such services by far. As registrar I see a whole bunch of different services that are currently being used with our registrations:

- our own privacy service
- services affiliated with or provided by our resellers to their customers directly
- independent services not affiliated with any registrar or reseller
- privacy services affiliated with a different registrar (rare, usually after a transfer)
- services set up by the end customer itself

Each of those categories can be further split up into a greater number of subcategories.

Volker


On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Don Blumenthal wrote:

I¹m jumping in briefly to rename this thread.

And request that assertions of fact (spam percentages and origin of proxy
and privacy services to name a couple) be accompanied by documentation so
we can get a head start on assembling materials. It will have to happen
now or later.

Don

On 1/20/14, 12:47 PM, "Volker Greimann" <vgreimann@key-systems.net> wrote:

As a European, I believe in data protection and data privacy.
Information that needs to be public should be. Information that does not
should not. "The public" indeed does not need that data. If you think
that is extreme...

BTW: I also have an issue with tapping phones, logging connection data,
logging private communication, etc.

Volker

Am 20.01.2014 18:36, schrieb Bob Bruen:
Hi Volker,

Law Enforcement has been compaining for years about access to whois
and still do. This is just an obstacle thrown up to slow down finding
who the bad actors are. Getting court orders and warrants just to see
who owns a domain (commercial) is way out there. The information was
intended to be public in the first place.

It appears that you have decided that the general public does not
deserve access to public whois data. Again, I do not know what to say
to something so extreme.

               --bob


On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Volker Greimann wrote:

No identities of criminals are effectively protected by privacy
services, provided they are required to reveal such
identities to law enforcement of appropriate jurisdiction.

Private individuals, vigilantes or other interested parties on the
other hand have no real legitimate interest to receive
data on alleged criminals data unless they want to take matters best
left to LEAs into their own hands.

There is a reason why even criminals have the right to privacy and
not to have their full names and likenesses published.
Heck, in Japan, TV stations even mosaic handcuffs of suspects.

Volker


      Hi Tim,

      The harm is protecting the identities of criminnals. And I
consider undermining whois a harm, as well

                          --bob


      On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Tim Ruiz wrote:

            What are the problems commercial entities that use p/p
have caused?

                  On Jan 20, 2014, at 8:11 AM, "Bob Bruen"
<bruen@coldrain.net> wrote:


                  Hi Volker,

                  I was merely responding to Stephanie's comments
about the difficulties, not advocating a
                  position.

                  However, as you are aware, I do advocate barring
commercial entities from using p/p,
                  because the use has already caused harm and we
should fix that. The providers created
                  the problem in the first place, so allowing them to
continue to control it simply
                  continues the problem.

                  The discussion of all this is the point of this
group (and other groups).

                                    --bob

                        On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Volker Greimann wrote:

                        I agree that it would be possible to bar
commercial entities from using p/p
                        services, however I am not sure it is the
                        sensible thing to do. Certainly, there is
abuse, but by creating a blanket
                        prohibition, i fear more damage will be done to
                        legitimate interests than good is done to
illegitimate ones.
                        In the end it should be up to the provider
which categories of clients it
                        accepts.
                        Volker
                        Am 20.01.2014 02:08, schrieb Bob Bruen:

                             Hi Stephanie,

                             It is entirely possible to decide to bar
commercial entities, create a
                        definition of "comercial entities" and
                             then deal with those which appear to
problematical.

                             The fraudsters probably will not be a
set up as a legitimate bussiness,
                        but their sites can be identified as
                             spam, malware, etc types and thus taking
money, therefore a business. I
                        am sure there are other methods to deal
                             with problem domain names.

                             In general, exceptions or problems
should not derail a process.

                                                   --bob

                             On Sun, 19 Jan 2014, Stephanie Perrin
wrote:

                                   I dont want to keep beating a dead
horse here....but if there is
                        a resounding
                                   response of "yes indeed, bar
commercial entities from using P/P
                        services", then
                                   how are you going to propose that
p/p proxy service providers
                        determine who is a
                                   commercial entity, particularly in
jurisdictions which have
                        declined to regulate
                                   the provision of goods and
services over the Internet?  I don't
                        like asking
                                   questions that walk us into
corners we cannot get out of.  Do the
                        fraudsters we
                                   are worried about actually apply
for business numbers and
                        articles of
                                   incorporation in the jurisdictions
in which they operate?  I
                        operate in  a
                                   jurisdiction where this
distinction is often extremely difficult
                        to make.  THe
                                   determination would depend on the
precise use being made of the
                        domain
                                   name....which gets ICANN squarely
into content analysis, and
                        which can hardly be
                                   done for new registrations, even
if t were within ICANN's remit.
                        I am honestly
                                   not trying to be difficult, but I
just have not heard a good
                        answer to this
                                   problem.
                                   Stephanie Perrin
                                   On 2014-01-19, at 4:38 PM, Holly
Raiche wrote:

                                         Jin and all
                                   I agree with Jim here (and Don
earlier).  The important task here
                        is
                                   agreeing on the questions to be
asked of the SO/ACs.  So we need
                        to get
                                   back to framing the questions -
not answering them, however
                        tempting that
                                   may be.

                                   So the question of whether
'commercial entities' should be barred
                        is still
                                   a useful question to ask. The next
question would be whether
                        there are
                                   possible distinctions that should
be drawn between an entity that
                        can use
                                   the service and one that can't
and, if so, where is the line
                        drawn. I agree
                                   with the discussion on how
difficult that will be because many
                        entities
                                   that have corporate status also
have reasonable grounds for
                        wanting the
                                   protection of such a service
(human rights organisations or
                        women's refuges
                                   come to mind).   But that is the
sort of response we are seeking
                        from
                                   others outside of this group - so
let's not prejudge answers.
                        Let's only
                                   frame the questions that will help
us come to some sensible
                        answers.
                                    Otherwise, we'll never get to the
next steps.

                                   And my apologies for the next
meeting.  I have a long day ahead
                        on
                                   Wednesday (Sydney time) and taking
calls at 2.00am won't help.
                        So Ill read
                                   the transcript and be back in a
fortnight (2 weeks for those who
                        do not use
                                   the term)

                                   Holly

                                   On 16/01/2014, at 5:39 AM, Jim
Bikoff wrote:

                                         Don and all,

                                   As we suggested earlier, and
discussed in the last Group
                                   teleconference, it might be
helpful, as a next step, if we
                        reached a
                                   consensus on the groups of
questions before sending them out to
                                   SO/ACs and SG/Cs.

                                   This would involve two steps:
First, agreeing on the name of each
                                   group; and second, streamlining
the questions in each group.

                                   In the first step, we could
consider alternative headings
                        (perhaps
                                   REGISTRATION instead of
MAINTENANCE).

                                   And in the second step, we could
remove duplicative or vague
                                   questions.

                                   This crystallization would make
the questions more approachable,
                        and
                                   encourage better responses.

                                   I hope these ideas are helpful.

                                   Best,

                                   Jim

                                   James L. Bikoff
                                   Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP
                                   1101 30th Street, NW
                                   Suite 120
                                   Washington, DC 20007
                                   Tel: 202-944-3303
                                   Fax: 202-944-3306
                                   jbikoff@sgbdc.com



                                   From: Don Blumenthal
<dblumenthal@pir.org>
                                   Date: January 14, 2014 11:09:23 AM
EST
                                   To: PPSAI
<gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org>
                                   Subject: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg]
Carlton's closing chat question
                                         Carlton posted an issue that
shouldn¹t wait a week:

                                   ³John came up with 4 groups. Do we
have a notion that others
                                   might be extracted?  And where do
we include/modify questions
                                   to address Stephanie's issue?"

                                   Jim had four groups and an
umbrella Main category, which may be
                                   instructive in itself in guiding
how we proceed
                                   organizationally. Regardless, the
consensus of commenters has
                                   been that his document is a
significant improvement over where
                                   we were before, and I suggest that
we use it as a baseline.
                                   However, we still have work to do
on it. Feel free to suggest
                                   modifications.

                                   Don

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