On 8-Feb-07, at 12:47 PM, Danny Younger wrote:
John,
For the benefit of the overall community this pointer to the recently published Registry Constituency position paper might be of help... http://www.gtldregistries.org/news/2007/2007-01-15-01.pdf
I've been involved in WHOIS policy discussions issues at fora that bring together privacy experts at a Canadian and/or international level. Below are some links that could be of interest.. All goes to show you that to be involved, as John and others mention - we don't need a RALO to be formed. What is needed, is for people to be informed of the policy issues and take the time & energy to submit comments to the actors involved in the discussion. For example, privacy friendly whois policies are only possible if advocacy efforts take place both inside ICANN, and at national and international fora. regards Robert 1. Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) - WHOIS consultation. http://www.cira.ca/en/Whois/whois_intro.html 2. International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications (IWGDPT) http://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/doc/int/iwgdpt/ Working Papers and Common Positions adopted by the Working Group: * Working Paper on Privacy and Security in Internet Telephony (VoIP) (Berlin, 05./06.09.2006) [deutsch -pdf/ englisch -pdf] * Working Paper on Web browser caching of personal information in commercial and public multi-user web access environments (e.g. "Cybercafés") (Berlin, 06./07.09.2005) [deutsch -pdf/ englisch -pdf] * Common Position on Privacy and Data Protection aspects of the Publication of Personal Data contained in publicly available documents on the Internet (Crete, 4./5.05.2000) [deutsch] / [english] * Common Position on Privacy and Data Protection aspects of the Registration of Domain Names on the Internet (Crete, 4./5.05.2000) [deutsch] / [english]