Hello all, I just wanted to hijack this very useful discussion to ask a question relating to applicable laws - have ICANN staff advised if the consensus policy for dealing with conflicts with privacy laws has ever been used, and if so how often and with what effect? Sorry if I should know this, but I've spent quite a bit of time trawling emails etc and not found anything, and to my mind this is an important piece of the evidence puzzle as we look at privacy in the WHOIS content. Thanks, Peter From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kawaguchi Sent: Tuesday, 16 August 2011 8:42 AM To: Emily Taylor Cc: rt4-whois@icann.org Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] Help required - NOW EVEN EASIER!! Hello, Applicable Laws Sorry for the late input but hopefully we can all discuss on Wednesday's call. I am concerned that by adding "or any other relevant laws which are binding on one or more of the parties" this will confuse the issues with the definition. Several comments pointed out that although individuals may be protected by many different laws around the world that at least in the EU and US businesses are explicitly not protected in the same manner and that they have specific obligations to provide information if they are engaging in commercial activity on the internet. The IPC made a very good point in their comments not all laws that involve the protection of data are actually applicable to ICANN and the WHOIS policy. The following is an excerpt from their comments: "In order to assess whether ICANN is fulfilling this commitment, the Review Team must focus on which laws are applicable to ICANN in carrying out this policy. This can be a difficult question to answer. While some national laws may apply to ICANN's ability to enforce the requirements of providing open Whois access, it seems inconceivable that "any and all local and national laws that regulate and/or control the collection, use, access and disclosure of personally identifiable information" are all applicable to ICANN in its enforcement of this policy." Producers and Maintainers These definitions have been problematic and confusing to me from day one. I understand James' point in defining the terms in this way (and I agreed to it as part of the team) but it is obvious from the comments that we have caused some confusion. Two possible solutions: 1. Provide additional information with the definition that James originally provided Existing Organizations: Where do they fit? The subteam is unanimous on the following: ---------------------------------------- Registrants = Producers ICANN = Maintainer (Data Controller) gTLD REGISTRY = Maintainer (Data Controller and Data Processor) gTLD REGISTRAR = Maintainer (Data Processor) WHOIS DATA ESCROW PROVIDER = Maintainer (Data Processor) The subteam disagrees on the following: ---------------------------------------- WHOIS DATA AGGREGATOR = Data Processor (Susan), No Category (James) PRIVACY/PROXY SERVICE = Data Processor (Susan), Producer or No Category (James) We may have to add to this list as there may be other services that fit into these categories 2. Revert to the usual terms such as Registrant, Registrar, Registry etc. that are well known and understood. Looking forward to the discussion on Wednesday. Susan From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Emily Taylor Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:26 AM To: Mikhail Yakushev Cc: rt4-whois@icann.org Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] Help required - NOW EVEN EASIER!! Hi all Thanks for your feedback. I agree with Michael and Bill, except that I think we need to tweak the definition further. As I recall, there were some comments (the GAC? others?) to the effect that, while data protection/privacy laws are the obvious example of relevant applicable laws, our definition should not exclude other relevant applicable laws - and therefore we should add some words like "or any other relevant laws which are binding on one or more of the parties". The commentators may have suggested better wording, but I think we do need to consider this sort of sweep up. Kind regards Emily On 15 August 2011 10:18, Mikhail Yakushev <m.yakushev@corp.mail.ru<mailto:m.yakushev@corp.mail.ru>> wrote: Dear Sharon, Thank you very much for your valuable work. I mostly share Bill's views (see his separate e-mail) on most comments and I think there is no proven necessity to make any substantial changes in any of the definitions. As for the "Applicable Laws" definition: (a) The feedback was mostly positive, (b) I am ready to prepare a short response for each comment - based on Bill's methodology :), (c) I think it is possible to agree with Lexinta proposal and to remove the reference to the UN Guidelines on Personal Data - indeed, it's legal force is much weaker, that the Human Rights Declaration. However, Lexinta's reference to the 'applicable' laws (making an unfortunate cross-reference definition) should also be omitted. Regards, Michael From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org<mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org<mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org>] On Behalf Of LEMON, Sharon Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:04 PM To: rt4-whois@icann.org<mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org> Subject: [Rt4-whois] Help required - NOW EVEN EASIER!! NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Hello Everyone, Last week I sent out my part of the report - definitions for comment and assistance. Response was limited ;-), but I still need your help. So - to make it even easier I have subdivided the work into three and you only need to look at the one which relates to the subgroup you were in. I would like you to look at the definition, the feedback received and let me know if you think we should change it in light of that feedback. The first document is the key for those who fedback, the second the defination and comments and the third the longer version, should you be interested. I have now incorporated the LE feedback from both Peter and I and summarised the comments, rather than just listed them. This will only take minutes PROMISE - and I would really like to feedback at our next conference call and I am off next week - so you have until Monday 15th!. So - Producers and Maintainers - James, Susan and Wilfried Applicable Laws -Kim, Omar, Michael, Lynn Law Enforcement - Kim, Lutz, Peter. Here's hoping, Sharon Sharon LEMON OBE Deputy Director Cyber and Forensics Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) 07768 290902 0207 855 2800 This information is supplied in confidence by SOCA, and is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It may also be subject to exemption under other UK legislation. Onward disclosure may be unlawful, for example, under the Data Protection Act 1998. 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