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Suggested questions for Article 29 speaker
by lynn＠goodsecurityconsulting.com Sept. 14, 2011

Sept. 14, 2011

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Letter from Article 29 Chair, 2007
by Kathy Kleiman Sept. 14, 2011

Sept. 14, 2011

Here is the letter from Mr. Peter Schaar, then chair of Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, to Mr. Vint Cerf. http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/schaar-to-cerf-12mar07.pdf Kathy Kleiman Director of Policy .ORG, The Public Interest Registry Direct: +1 703-889-5756 | Mobile:+1 703-371-6846| www.pir.org <http://www.pir.org> | Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pir.org> | .ORG Blog <http://www.pir.org/orgbuzz> | Flickr <http://flickr.com/orgbuzz> | YouTube <http://youtube.com/orgbuzz> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/ORGBuzz> | Confidentiality Note: Proprietary and confidential to .ORG, The Public Interest Registry. If received in error, please inform sender and then delete.

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Team questions for ICANN staff
by Denise Michel Feb. 18, 2011

Feb. 18, 2011

Dear Review Team members: Please see attached draft list of questions from the WRT to ICANN staff. This list needs to be finalized by the WRT and, if possible, prioritized. Also, please note that several potential questions require clarification. Regards, Denise Denise Michel ICANN Advisor to the President denise.michel(a)icann.org +1.408.429.3072 mobile +1.310.578.8632 direct

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Call on Wednesday - preparation, and suggested agenda items
by Emily Taylor Feb. 2, 2011

Feb. 2, 2011

Dear all I'm sure that, like me, you'll be shocked to learn that, next Wednesday, it will be two weeks since our face to face meeting! I'm therefore writing with some suggestions to prepare for our next call. As we decided at our London meeting, the next conference call is taking place this Wednesday at 16:00 UTC. Bearing in mind our action plan, our priority for this call should be to agree definitions and preliminary questions for public comment prior to the San Francisco meeting. It would be useful to have materials circulated in advance of the call, especially from those groups working on definitions (C, D, E, F). In preparation for this meeting, we are hoping each subteam will report on: 1. current status, 2. an outline of what they might propose in our public comment period. 3. questions for ICANN staff (questions based on London Compliance and/or Policy presentations, any ICANN materials posted to the Whois Wiki, or as needed), 4. research and support items the Subteam might need, Alice is ready to help subteams with creating Doodle polls and setting up conference bridges for sub-teams (all calls will be recorded and archived unless otherwise requested). Early next week, we will also be circulating a short report of our meeting for review, approval and publication by the group. As a reminder, here are our Subteams: A. What is the Whois Policy? -- James, Kathy, Wilfried; B. Whois Policy Implementation Review: Peter, Bill, Emily, Michael; C. Law Enforcement: Kim, Sharon, Wilfried and Lutz; D. Consumers and Consumer Trust Sarmad, Olivier, Lynn, Peter, Bill; E. Applicable laws: Kim, Omar, Michael, Lynn; F. Producers and Maintainers of Whois Data: James, Susan, Wilfried (with Omar looking into the related question of who "owns" the data) Is there anything else we should add to the agenda? Kind regards Emily 76 Temple Road, Oxford OX4 2EZ UK telephone: 01865 582 811 mobile: 07540 049 322 emily.taylor(a)etlaw.co.uk www.etlaw.co.uk

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Law enforcement definition
by Kim G. von Arx Feb. 1, 2011

Feb. 1, 2011

Dear All: here is our sub-group's suggested definition of law enforcement: an organization or the activity of an organization all of which are authorized by a nationally or internationally recognized government to maintain, co-ordinate, and enforce laws, regulations, or multi-national treaty obligations within the internationally recognized authorized boundaries of that nationally or internationally recognized government Please note that I am sending this without having received Lutz's comments, and as such it may be subject to some changes from his end. Kim __________________________________ kim(a)vonarx.ca +1 (613) 286-4445 "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars..."

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Re: [Rt4-whois] Call on Wednesday - preparation, and suggested agenda items
by James M. Bladel Jan. 31, 2011

Jan. 31, 2011

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Prel Rep for your consideration
by Alice Jansen Jan. 31, 2011

Jan. 31, 2011

Dear Review Team Members, Please find attached a preliminary report for your consideration. Please provide your comments and editing requirements. The proposal is to add this item for adoption and public distribution to the agenda of our forthcoming conference call. Thanks, Very best regards Alice Alice E. Jansen -------------------------- ICANN Assistant, Organizational & Affirmation Reviews alice.jansen(a)icann.org Direct Dial: +32.2.234.78.64 Mobile: +32.4.73.31.76.56 Office Fax: +32.2.234.78.48 Skype: alice_jansen_icann -------------------------- 6, Rond Point Schuman B-1040 Brussels, Belgium

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FYI - report to my community
by Lutz Donnerhacke Jan. 31, 2011

Jan. 31, 2011

I'd like to inform you, that I wrote an report to my community about my activities within review team. ICANN and it's groups believe in transparency, but I prefer to be the first here. http://wwwneu.iks-jena.de/eng/Blog/That-s-the-way-it-always-have-been or in German: http://wwwneu.iks-jena.de/Blog/Das-war-schon-immer-so There should be nothing about interna in the text, just personal background to AtLarge.

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quick question
by Kim G. von Arx Jan. 30, 2011

Jan. 30, 2011

Hi All: I have a quick question... are our telephone conferences webcast? I thought they are, but I can't find the links, information, etc. to connect. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Kim __________________________________ kim(a)vonarx.ca +1 (613) 286-4445 "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars..."

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FW: [IP] Internet Security Savvy is Critical as Egyptian Government Blocks Websites, Arrests Activists in Response to Continued Protest | Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Kathy Kleiman Jan. 29, 2011

Jan. 29, 2011

Dear All, I know we are all watching the stories from the Middle East with interest, and great concern. I remember the issue of privacy/anonymity came up in our London discussions. I thought the following posting to Professor Dave Farber's Interesting People List might be of interest. Best, Kathy From: David Farber [mailto:dave@farber.net] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:50 PM To: ip Subject: [IP] Internet Security Savvy is Critical as Egyptian Government Blocks Websites, Arrests Activists in Response to Continued Protest | Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/egypt-blocks-websites-arrests-blogg ers-and Internet Security Savvy is Critical as Egyptian Government Blocks Websites, Arrests Activists in Response to Continued Protest <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/egypt-blocks-websites-arrests-blog gers-and> Commentary <http://www.eff.org/blog-categories/commentary> by Eva Galperin <http://www.eff.org/about/staff/eva-galperin> As we've seen in Iran and Tunisia, social networking tools have given activists in authoritarian regimes a powerful voice, which can be heard well beyond their own country. But the use of social networking tools has also given their governments ways to identify and retaliate against them. This week we are watching the same dynamic play out in Egypt. This is why it is critical that all activists -in Egypt and elsewhere-take precautions to protect their anonymity and freedom of expression. The protests in Egypt this week also highlight another important point: authoritarian governments can block access to social media websites, but determined, tech-savvy activists are likely to find ways to circumvent censorship to communicate with the rest of the world. In an attempt to clamp down on Egyptian protesters, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government is intermittently blocking websites <http://www.herdict.org/web/explore/country/EG/32767> and arresting <https://cpj.org/2011/01/journalists-beaten-websites-blocked-amid-protes ts.php> bloggers, journalists, and dissidents. Like the Tunisians, Egyptian protesters have made heavy use of social media websites to share information about the protests with the outside world and with each other. In spite of the Egyptian government's blocking of Twitter, tweets <https://twitter.com/#!/search/jan25> from the Egyptian protests in Suez and Cairo provided up-to-the-minute reports about protest activity, the movements of police, deaths and injuries, links to photos on Twitpic, and videos on YouTube. Cooperation amongst protesting citizens has kept communications resilient so far. When protestors in Cario's Tahir Square experienced an outage in cell phone data service, nearby residents reportedly <http://www.itp.net/583714-egypt-government-denies-twitter-block> opened their home Wi-Fii networks to allow protesters to get online. On the first day of protests, the Egyptian government blocked several websites, including Twitter and Bambuser <http://bambuser.com/> , a Swedish website which allows users to stream live video from their cell phones. By the second day, the government's blocking of Twitter was sparse and intermittent, but there were reports of blocking Facebook and YouTube. It is unclear whether or not the Egyptian government will continue to expand its list of blocked sites in the coming days. Even the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was conspicuously silent during the protests leading up to the Tunisian revolution, has called on the Mubarak government to respect freedom of expression and urged them "not to...block communications, including on social media sites." The other dangerous aspect of the Mubarak government's shameful campaign of silence and censorship has been the arrest and detention of bloggers, journalists, and activists. The Committee to Protect Journalists has reported that the Egyptian government has shut down at least two independent news websites: Al-Dustour and El-Badil. Police beat Al-Jazeera correspondent Mustafa Kafifi and Guardian reporter Jack Shenker, who posted anaudio recording <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2011/jan/26/egypt-violence-jack-s henker-arrest-audio> of the incident. Policemen have attacked and arrested cameramen covering the protests and onlookers recording the protests with cell phones. Egypt is no stranger to the arrest of bloggers. Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer <http://boingboing.net/2007/02/24/egypt_blogger_kareem.html> was sentenced to four years in prison for "disparaging religion" and "defaming the president" in 2007. In 2009, web forum founder Karim Al-Bukheiri <http://rt.com/news/bloggers-egypt-arrest-torture/> was arrested, tortured, and subject to constant government surveillance. Just last year, the Islamic Human Rights Foundation reported that Egyptian Security Forces arrested "at least 29 activists, including bloggers, lawyers, and human rights activists." The concern here is clear-if the street protests subside, the Mubarak government could initiate a campaign of retaliation and oppression, arresting and harassing the very bloggers and activists who have been chronicling the protests online. Some countries have gone even further. In Iran two opposition activists were hanged <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12272067> this week for taking pictures and video of the Green Revolution protests and posting them online. Given the potential dangers, it is absolutely critical that Egyptian protesters take precautions when communicating online. To reiterate, social networking tools have given activists a powerful voice, which can be heard well beyond Egypt, but activists should also remember that the Egyptian government could use these same tools to identify and retaliate against them. We recommend that political activists look at our Surveillance Self Defense International <http://www.eff.org/wp/surveillance-self-defense-international> report for information on how to use technology defensively to better protect their anonymity and freedom of expression in Egypt and other authoritarian regimes. 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