Members of the ICANN community emphasized data privacy as the number one concern in the event the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers decides to replace the legacy WHOIS system with a new directory of domain name registrant information.
Representatives from the commercial, domain name registrar and registry sectors, in a public comment period ending Sept. 6, generally agreed that questions regarding data protection and privacy rights must be fully addressed in the first phase of proposed reforms.
The Expert Working Group on gTLD Registration Directory Services (EWG) issued a preliminary report July 13, outlining a three-phase policy development ...
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