Third Party Svcs.
Submission #: 1155 | (commercial) |
Having an agent register a domain name is an interesting option, but I would be concerned about my personal interest in and ownership of the name. A big problem concerning the internet is money, of course. Most internet activity happens in California, and California is rich. Elsewhere, people can't afford the computers and lines of communication necessary. So in the interests of making computers more people and world-friendly to more depressed economies, this issue of a publicly available database is unsettling. Basically, the only people that can shield themselves from the vices of the public are rich and employed people who can afford various telephone lines and extra mail box addresses. For the regular person, who manages to have only one phone and one address, the idea that having a simple artsy website, say, could attract mass murderers is scary. There should be a way of protecting registants' privacy AND a way of tracking internet criminals. I'm all for an internet police that has access to files without the whole world having access. There should, however, be a mandatory bulletin board that flashes on internet sites if many people have registered complaints against the site or if the site is associated with illegal activity...a kind of Big Brother Better Business Bureau, if you will. It'll make criminals think twice about continuing their activities and warn innocent newcomers. |
Submission #: 1433 | (individual) |
Q. 9. I: Publication of e-mail address, phone and fax number of the admin-c is not desirable. Publication of the postal address is not necessary (opt-out option).
General comments:
Widespread publication of personal data (such as in the Whois database) may lead to a variety of side uses, some of them beneficial, some not. If a publicly accessible database is (partly) restricted because of privacy concerns, some of the side uses may be restricted too. However, these side uses cannot justify negligent treatment of privacy issues.
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Submission #: 1528 | (individual) |
The whois database is most important as a tool for locating available or similar domains, and for seeing who has registered a domain.It should not be used as a mass marketing tool. As an individual, I would want others to see my name associated with domains that I have registered. However, if I thought that using my name and address in the whois database would subject me to marketing campaigns, then I would want to use the 3rd party registration option mentioned above. Especially now with the new .name gtld coming online there will be many more individuals registering domains, and having the name and postal address in the whois database is useful/informative, and if an attempt is made to use that information for unsolicited marketing or too much personal information (email and phone are too much) then people are likely to supply less, or turn to other options like that 3rd party registration which would reduce the usefulness of the whois database. |
Submission #: 1558 | (commercial) |
allowing registration through agents with diclosure on demand of beneficial domain name owner would bypass most privacy issues. Registrants could choose whether they want to "safeguard" privacy through extra payment to agent. This, of course, depends on such services being made available at competitive prices for such customers |
Submission #: 1563 | (non-commercial) |
a/b sale/rental, etc of data to third parties, including other divisions of the same organization. The hiding of indentities under the guise of "privacy" is an abuse, not a virtue. Never in the history of the world has anyone acted through a "strawman" for honorable purposes. It is done strickly because the perpetrator has something to hide. |
Submission #: 170 | (commercial) |
Accurate information is critical to the protection of intellectual property rights. The ability to register behind someone else's name would inhibit the ability to accurately identify cybersquatters and those infringing on intellectual property rights. I believe that for those individuals concerned with privacy, they can take steps to protect their privacy without masking their identity. |
Submission #: 1729 | (commercial) |
That the physical addresses of registrants and administrative/technical contactscan be hidden if they so choose, as long as valid and current contact information
is available.
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Submission #: 1791 | (commercial) |
Sounds to me like Internic is trying to say that if they were the only company to handle registering domain names, that they could do a better job of maintaining, reporting, and verifying of data. That would make you a monopoly again and make you happy. I don't like that idea, but I do think whoever else is ICANN certified or whatever should have to work closely with Internic and you should all work closely and well together. The database has to be up to date and accurate, that is what a database is for. Charge the cost to the people registering the domain name. Keep track of them, don't let 3rd parties register domain names for someone else. I want someone stealing information, sending unsolicited bulk e-mail, and child pornographers to be found and stopped. If Internic and other ICANN companies could work together You could accomplish these goals. |
Submission #: 186 | (commercial) |
The current WHOIS database clearly provides a valuable resource of information in many circumstances - from intellectual property protection to network operation.
Provided registrants have the option to use a third-party agent - and that option is made clear to them, as it is often not at present, and that agent cannot use their status restrain the free use of that name by the registrant (for example, by insisting on the use of their own web hosting services) - I am not concerned with contact data being made publicly available through the WHOIS.
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Submission #: 1902 | (individual) |
The whois database must be public and open and must have accurate principal information. This serves to prevent abuse and spam by not allowing them to hide behind third parties. |
Submission #: 237 | (individual) |
privacy issues are paramount; perhaps a third-party organization ( an independent,disinterested one) should be designated by ICANN to provide for oversight and continuous review of all policies, with privacy the number one priority; |
Submission #: 2604 | (other Webmaster for several non-profit organisations) |
In the case of domains used by an organisation or individual there is an obvious need to:
a) publicly declare the organisation/individual (by name only, without further identification) as the owner of the domain. This is necessary to prevent ransomware clauses where the third party might try to claim rights to the domain name.
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Submission #: 2675 | (individual) |
As an ordinary individual I just want to use my computer without being under constant attack from people with dubious intentions and selling pornography. |
Submission #: 2852 | (other Web site development/consulting/domain resales/internet commerce) |
The registered owner should have the option of either providinghis/her personal details or hold them private. But there should be a method to voice complaints through a third party. |
Submission #: 285 | (commercial) |
Privacy is nice but a technical contact nut be reachable. often the thhisrd party (hosting service etc) will not act on a boxes content. this makes third parties a screen for irrisponsible operators |
Submission #: 2888 | (other Attorney for commercial business users) |
I do not believe that any registrant other than an individual should be permitted to hide behind a "third party" agent. |
Submission #: 2907 | (commercial) |
There should be a reasonable right ofprivacy, a reasonable way to get
private information to proceed with
abuse and illegal activities investigations,
and some form of protection against
harassment and investigational abuse.
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Submission #: 2959 | (registrar-registry) |
The most important personal privacy and consumer protection interest is to avoid unauthorized data mining of and marketing to WHOIS contact information. This can be achieved by developing stronger restrictions against data mining. Because we have seen great abuses of the WHOIS data through both data mining and illegal, misleading marketing, we believe that registrars should be able to restrict access to online WHOIS data and that the Bulk WHOIS requirements should be thoroughly reviewed to ensure that consumer protection needs are being met.
Personal privacy protections can be realized without causing IP, law enforcement, and consumer interests to suffer. The most important IP interest is to ensure that trademark holders are able to locate domain name holders to resolve TM infringement and other IP concerns as quickly as possible. Changes to online and Bulk WHOIS policies shold take these concerns into account while providing opportunity to restrict WHOIS access in the interests of consumers.
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Submission #: 2967 | (commercial) |
The most important interest is a standardized bulk access to the information. |
Submission #: 3024 | (individual) |
WHOIS should only be used as a means of identifying registrars individually. In this regard, the information should be public; persons who don't want to be known can use a third party (which should be a live person and not a dead end).Spam of any sort, however, is not welcome. |
Submission #: 432 | (commercial) |
Whois should be an open directory of who actually owns a particular domain name with full contact info. Owners should not be able to hide behind a 3rd party. |
Submission #: 474 | (individual) |
I think it is very important that the whois database be publicly accessible in its complete form.
If you which to have a machine name and have personal privacy as well, then you can use a service such as dyndns.org or have someone else buy the domain name for you.
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Submission #: 502 | (individual) |
Thank you for asking for comments. It would be nice to see the whois database under non-centralized control, but with a centralized portal for lookups. Privacy is important, but so is responsibility for one's actions. Individuals can register domains as oranizations or find a third party to do so if they are concerned about privacy, but there must be accountability at some point, the registrant information should remain available. |
Submission #: 564 | (isp) |
The most vital use of whois is for up-to-date contact information for solving operational problems, whether connectivity, services (e.g. email) or attacks.
Most of your assorted questions numebr 20x are phrased in ways making them meaningless to the above concern.
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Submission #: 611 | (individual) |
Question 19 requires much more detail for a sensible answer. For example, how would this third-party registration affect the 'real' registrants rights to the name or the mechanics of defending a challenge to those rights?[Questions 20a through 20h look like they should each have a separate text area for an answer, but don't--so I'm answering a few of them here.] Question 20e: That there be a quick and accurate way to determine who to contact to resolve any problems with the operation or users of a domain. Question 20g: The DNS is not a directory; there are far fewer intellectual-property issues here than various large corporations would like people to believe. |
Submission #: 647 | (commercial) |
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Submission #: 694 | (other Individual Domain Name Holder) |
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Submission #: 713 | (individual) |
One of the most important things to remember about the WHOIS database is that there is absolutely no notion of a reasonable expectation of privacy as relates to registering a domain. The registrar of a domain _should_ be listed in the WHOIS databases, for the reasons stated above. A trusted third party can be used by those wishing to remain anonymous.
Similarly, there should be no prior prohibition on using registrant information for commercial purposes. A registrar specifically offering privacy by not selling marketing information would be able to serve those who wish to be kept off of mailing lists, etc. This should remain a contractual question between the registrar and the registrant.
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Submission #: 715 | (individual) |
Privacy: Avoid harrassment by spammers (no bulk dataaccess), stalkers (use third party, PO box).
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Submission #: 717 | (commercial) |
The whois database's first concernt should be the interest of the public a) in obtaining domain names, and b) identifying persons responsible of technical harm and illegal activity. The internet has become a critical, national-interest resource. It should not be polluted by the need for artificially created, no-value-adding entities to create a profit. The fees payed by millions of people and organizations should be enough to maintain the system without need to sell us out. Allowing the marketing of that information, then invoking privacy to allow third-party agents to mask the identity of domain owners, not only annoys everybody, and raises registration and tort-reparation costs, but also limits the system's ability to protect the public. In my view, this is a classic example of what should have been a publicly controlled monopoly service. If it works for birth, death and vehicle registration, why not internet domain names? |
Submission #: 730 | (isp) |
The whois database for gTLDs must be public because they are international--This makes enforcement against registrants difficult enough in any jurisdiction without adding to the problems.
ccTLD policy should not be ICANN's concern--The local registries are in a better position to make such decisions.
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Submission #: 863 | (isp) |
I would not use a third party to act as my agent for domain registration because it would undoubtedly slow down problem resolution. Plus, I don't have a trust relationship with any third party organization like that. |
Submission #: 89 | (commercial) |
re question 19: I chose "no" because I don't agree that it is necessary to have a third party actually own the domain name in order to protect the privacy of individual domain name owners. Why couldn't the third party just be an agent or a mail collection point for the owner of the domain name? Why would the third party have to actually be the domain name owner? If the third party was an agent, not the domain name owner, communications could still be sent to the owner, but they'd be addressed to, for example, Mr. J. Doe, c/o Third Party/Agent. Why would any third party want to take on the liabilities associated with ownership of a domain name that would be used, for ill or good, by someone else? Who would want to do that, and how much money would they charge? |