Hi Lynn and all, I agree. I've just had a chance to read this now, and think this is a very thoughtful piece of work that adds some useful new dimensions to our discussion. My one question relates to the paragraph: "Consumers today have the option of procuring a privacy service which functions as a "registered agent" on behalf of the individual and prevents disclosure of the consumer name and contact details on WHOIS. This still provides a way for any legitimate or necessary contact to be made with the domain registrant." I'm interested particularly in the last sentence, which appears to be silent on concerns that some privacy and proxy services actually make it quite difficult to contact a registrant - by being difficult to contact themselves, not passing on details, and so on. I'm not sure if I'm reading this out of context, but just wanted to raise it to see if I was missing something. Thanks again for your work on this Lynn. Cheers, Peter -----Original Message----- From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Smith, Bill Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011 4:01 AM To: lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com Cc: rt4-whois@icann.org Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] re-sending Consumer Trust key conceps draft Lynn, I think this is an excellent, and balanced, document that outlines key concepts and concerns. Bill On Aug 31, 2011, at 1:35 PM, "lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com<mailto:lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com>" <lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com<mailto:lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com>> wrote: My apologies for the difficulties opening the attachment sent previously. It is fixed now and attached to this message. Lynn <Working Draft Consumer Trust.doc> _______________________________________________ Rt4-whois mailing list Rt4-whois@icann.org<mailto:Rt4-whois@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/rt4-whois _______________________________________________ Rt4-whois mailing list Rt4-whois@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/rt4-whois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is for the use of the intended recipient only and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, disclosure, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited and may result in severe penalties. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the Security Advisor of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 38 Sydney Ave, Forrest ACT 2603, telephone (02) 6271-1376 and delete all copies of this transmission together with any attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------