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It looks as if once again ICANN has failed to deal with all the serious privacy concerns surrounding the WHOIS database.
Me and I think I speak also on behalf of all European citizens, am particularly concerned with all the loss of privacy that is taking place because of the way the WHOIS is functioning. In Europe there are strong data protection laws that ICANN seems not to take into account. It is bad enough that there is a lack of options when it comes to the kind of information that will be visible in the WHOIS database. Even though for commercial sites and for intellectual property owners the WHOIS may work as a very usefull enforcement tool, at the same time however no one seems to take into account the simple Internet user, that at the end of the day is the one who supports the Internet.
I can not seem to understand why ICANN does not follow the example of Nominet UK, which has adopted an opt-out scheme for individuals. According to Nominet's new amendments individuals who own a site for purely personal purposes will have the ability not to make their personal information available on the WHOIS. While realistically it is rather difficult to meet the ideal of a personal endeavour and it is difficult for a registrar to pre-determine which sites are personal and which are not, The fact remains that some information must not be open to the public.
I just find it difficult to understand ICANN's approach and why it doesn't take into account the privacy of the simple Internet user.
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