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

[romina florencia Cabrera]

thanks

2017-07-11 16:46 GMT-03:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>:

> Now that there is a dedicated NCSG mailing list established for
> conversations around the European Union's General Data Protection
> Regulation (GDPR), I am going to suggest that we move this conversation
> over there to continue this discussion. We will still, from time to time,
> send messages regarding GDPR and ICANN's compliance with it to this mailing
> list, but in the immediate future we will have more focused conversations
> on the smaller, specialised list. It is still possible to join this new
> mailing list; if you are interested, please contact Maryam Bakoshi off-list
> (maryam.bakoshi at icann.org) and she can subscribe you. Thanks!
>
> Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [INPUT REQUESTED] How do non-commercial Internet users use WHOIS?
> Local Time: July 4, 2017 11:36 AM
> UTC Time: July 4, 2017 10:36 AM
> From: icann at ferdeline.com
> To: NCSG <NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu>
>
> 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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