[gnso-dow123] Regarding Whois TF recommendation on improving notice
Dear Bruce:
In discussions of the Whois TF last week, a concern was raised that
the current proposal relating to improving notice to registrants
regarding the use of their contact details in the Whois system may be
viewed as a waiver of registrants privacy rights. It was not the
intent of the task force that the recommendation act as any sort of
waiver, but this was not an issue that we considered during the work
of the task force. There is no agreement in the task force that the
current policy recommendations would constitute a waiver, however a
number of the members of the task force do believe that this is an
important issue and believe that it would be premature for the
Council to adopt the policy recommendations without considering it.
Although the Task Force did not have time to form an official
position on this issue, in light of those concerns, I am writing to
request that the Council either:
a) Refer the recommendation back to the Task Force for further
consideration of this specific issue; alternatively, the Council may
want to consider this specific issue itself, or
b) Delay adoption of this recommendation until such time as the full
range of issues currently being considered by the task force have
resulted in a broader set of recommendations that may render this
issue moot.
Thanks,
Jordyn A. Buchanan
Chair, Whois TF