Privacy-Oriented Campaigns Against WHOIS Report 'Critical Element' of Debate, ICANN Official Says
ICANN Vice President-Domain Names Services & Industry Cyrus Namazi acknowledged the presence of ongoing campaigns against controversial portions of an initial report by the Generic Names Supporting Organization’s Policy Development Process Working Group on Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues…
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(PPSAI). Privacy advocates are urging Internet users to file comments opposing a portion of the PPSAI report that explores whether to recommend that ICANN bar owners of domain names that point to commercial websites from using privacy and proxy services’ information on the WHOIS registration database. Privacy advocates are also opposing a portion of the PPSAI report that explores whether to require registrars to release domain name owners’ information for websites without a court order when a website violates IP rights, distributes malware or engages in illegal activities (see 1507010065). “The debate will continue until the report is final, and we encourage any and all to voice their opinion,” Namazi said in a statement Wednesday. “This type of discourse is a critical element of the multistakeholder model.”