[Privsec] ICANN Launches Public Comments on Whois Task Force Report

[Robert Guerra]

Thought this might be of interest to those following the WHOIS issue.

Would be great if one or more contributions were submitted by those  
on this list.

regards

Robert
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http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-24nov06.htm

ICANN Launches Public Comments on Whois Task Force Report
24 November 2006

Read the report: Preliminary Task Force Report on Whois Services  
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Send comments to: whois-services-comments at icann.org
View comments at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-services-comments
ICANN is launching a public comments period on the Preliminary Task  
Force Report on Whois Services. This report forms part of the GNSO  
policy development process (PDP) on Whois which seeks to build  
consensus on policy issues in the generic top level domain (gTLD)  
space. The public comment period will last from 24th November, 2006  
to 15 January, 2007.

After the public comment period, the Whois Task Force will consider  
the public comments received and prepare a final task force report  
for submission to the GNSO Council. The Council is expected to  
deliberate on the final task force report in early 2007, and work to  
achieve a super-majority vote on a recommendation to the ICANN Board.  
The GNSO Council will then submit a report to the ICANN Board, and  
the Board will then carry out its own deliberations and voting.

This report sets out the key findings that have emerged during the  
work of the Whois Task Force on the following terms of reference:

(3) Determine what data collected should be available for public  
access in the context of the purpose of Whois. Determine how to  
access data that is not available for public access. The current  
elements that must be displayed by a registrar are:

- The name of the Registered Name;

- The names of the primary nameserver and secondary nameserver(s) for  
the Registered Name;

- The identity of Registrar (which may be provided through  
Registrar's website);

- The original creation date of the registration;

- The expiration date of the registration;

- The name and postal address of the Registered Name Holder;

- The name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number,  
and (where available) fax number of the technical contact for the  
Registered Name; and

- The name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number,  
and (where available) fax number of the administrative contact for  
the Registered Name.

(4) Determine how to improve the process for notifying a registrar of  
inaccurate Whois data, and the process for investigating and  
correcting inaccurate data. Currently a registrar "shall, upon  
notification by any person of an inaccuracy in the contact  
information associated with a Registered Name sponsored by Registrar,  
take reasonable steps to investigate that claimed inaccuracy. In the  
event Registrar learns of inaccurate contact information associated  
with a Registered Name it sponsors, it shall take reasonable steps to  
correct that inaccuracy."

(The full terms of reference are available here: http:// 
gnso.icann.org/policies/terms-of-reference.html)

Public comments are particularly invited on specific proposals in the  
report:

The Operational Point of Contact (OPoC) proposal – pages 38 to 42
The Special Circumstances proposal – pages 43 to 49
The five proposals in the discussion on access to data – pages 24 to 27.