[INPUT REQUESTED] How do non-commercial Internet users use WHOIS?

[Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Hi Ayden,

In response to your call, here is my response:

1) Due Diligence when profiling for a specific intent;
2)To report on "scams" such as phishing attempts to registrars and ICANN
Compliance;
3)General curiosity.

Sala

On 4 Jul 2017 22:37, "Ayden Férdeline" <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> Greetings, all-
>
> Along with Stephanie Perrin and Wendy Seltzer, I am a part of the ICANN
> GDPR Compliance Consultation Group. This group has been formed to help
> ICANN gather the information it needs to engage with data protection
> authorities and to obtain actionable legal advice.
>
> I committed last week to keeping the NCSG updated on the activities of the
> Consultation Group over the coming months.
>
> In our first meeting, we committed to participating in a data gathering
> exercise to identify the existing users of WHOIS, what data elements they
> use, and for what purpose. At this time we are not making the determination
> as to whether a purpose is legitimate or illegitimate, though that call
> will come, or if a data element comprises personally identifiable
> information. For now we are simply trying to include all user categories to
> get the most complete set of data points.
>
> We are interested in understanding how non-commercial Internet users, who
> we in the NCSG purport to represent the interests of, use WHOIS. We have
> conducted some informal consultation among our peers and have been provided
> with a few use cases, but not too many. It is possible that end users do
> not use WHOIS widely [and that has been the assumption that has informed
> previous exercises like this one], but if you, as an end user, do use
> WHOIS, we would be curious to know for what purpose and which data elements
> you rely on. Please share your thoughts either on-list or with me
> privately, if you prefer.
>
> We have a very short turnaround time for this exercise. Our next call is
> this Thursday, and ICANN staff envision this entire task being completed by
> next week. The time for you to provide input is thus now. Thanks!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>
>
>
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