
ICANN To Allow WHOIS Privacy -- But Only When Legally Required
posted by michael on Friday December 21 2007, @05:12AM
ICANN has published a notice of implementation of the revised ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law.
The procedure is due to be posted for 30 days, and implemented on 17 January 2008. The new draft reflects changes sought by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC).
Good news: after all these many years, ICANN is revising its registry/registrar contracts to reflect the fact that the default rule violates privacy law of countries that have decent privacy law.
Bad news: ICANN's default remains the same privacy-busting low it has always been. It is long past due to revise all the contracts to comply with best practices for privacy.
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