In the blog post I implicitly accepted that data acquisition and use of WHOIS data covers a lot of purposeful uses, inclusive of spammers. I acknowledged that a requirement by the old WHOIS system for publication of so much of the personal data of registrants have had deleterious effects, including providing false and inaccurate data to guard against invasion of privacy. I allowed that in examining the concerns of all stakeholders and classes of users of registration data, the EWG concluded that a 'free for all' approach where everyone has the same public access to registration data was not defensible or any longer desirable. I endorsed the new approach and vouchsafe satisfaction to all stakeholder classes. I adopted the position that all purposes are not equal. It was progress that for the next generation RDS, we should collect and validate all of the settled elements in RDS dataset. However, beyond a limited subset of that for public consumption, we disclose the rest only for adjudged permissible purposes to an accountable and identifiable set of users. See the full blog post here: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141011_building_a_better_whois_for_the_indiv... -Carlton -------------------------------- -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================