Hi Lutz, Thanks for forwarding this link through, although on my computer it says that the page has moved. Based on the short part you have quoted, it seems that the document lends support to the direction that we have taken in the draft report, which acknowledges and highlights the importance of national laws, including those relating to data protection and privacy. As I see it, the importance of privacy concerns is one of the reasons our report recommends that ICANN establish a clear and robust framework for the operation of privacy and proxy services, which at the moment provide little or no predictability for any parties. Cheers, Peter -----Original Message----- From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Lutz Donnerhacke Sent: Friday, 23 March 2012 8:21 PM To: rt4-whois@icann.org Cc: <whois-wg@atlarge-lists.icann.org>; lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org; At-Large Worldwide Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] ICC Policy Statement on Cross- Border Law Enforcement vs Privacy Laws On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:05:36PM -0500, Carlton Samuels wrote:

http://www.iccwbo.org/uploadedFiles/Law_enforcement_access_to_company_data_f...

Thank you for pointing to this document. To my honest surprise the paper asks the the Law Enforcement Agencies to respect the laws in other countries and urges them to use cross-country law enforcement frameworks. Breaking it down to WHOIS, it declares the "global, unrestricted access to complete data" as a violation of data protection and privacy laws. _______________________________________________ Rt4-whois mailing list Rt4-whois@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/rt4-whois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. This message has been content scanned by the Axway MailGate. MailGate uses policy enforcement to scan for known viruses, spam, undesirable content and malicious code. For more information on Axway products please visit www.axway.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------