[NCSG-PC] Fw: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law enforcement association resolution regarding domain registration data

Fri Mar 3 05:22:30 EET 2017

I think Stephanie raises excellent points and a really good option. I 
like the idea of our writing a response - with her questions.

Best, Kathy

On 3/2/2017 9:55 PM, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
>
> I am thinking.  I recommend pushing the pause button.  I have fond 
> memories of drafting speeches for my assistant deputy minister to 
> attend the wretched Canadian Association of Police Chiefs Conference 
> annually, and there was always a wish list from them of outrageous 
> demands (ban radio scanners, ban radar scanners, stop allowing 
> unlisted phone numbers, let us do cell tower scoops, etcetcetc.  I 
> used to tell him, how about we start with you reading the Canadian 
> Charter of Rights and Freedoms to them.....(pardon me, a brief stroll 
> down memory lane).
>
> I think a response is required.  These organizations are 
> non-transparent. Let's ask for the evidence for their allegations.  
> this is about money, human intervention, and paperwork.  What about 
> the risk to end users, the citizens they have sworn to protect?  where 
> is their risk assessment and stats for that?
>
> But get ready, this is just the opening salvo.  They have been 
> preparing the flank attack over the past year while we toiled away on 
> the committee.  Stock up on Red Bull, we are going to need it....
>
> Stephanie
>
> PS I will forward this to the data protection officer at Interpol.  
> She may have some advice.....
>
>
> On 2017-03-02 15:53, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>> Grr... Should we react to this? Draft a statement condemning elements 
>> of their resolution? Write them a letter putting forward our issues 
>> with it, and suggest they join relevant PDPs if they wish to 
>> influence the future of the RDS? Or take no action?
>>
>> - Ayden
>>
>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law enforcement association 
>>> resolution regarding domain registration data
>>> Local Time: 2 March 2017 6:35 PM
>>> UTC Time: 2 March 2017 18:35
>>> From: gca at icginc.com
>>> To: gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has issued 
>>> an official resolution regarding domain name registration data.
>>>
>>>
>>> The resolution requests that ICANN and related parties provide 
>>> “continued access to publicly available databases concerning the 
>>> allocation of Internet resources, and in situations where the 
>>> maintenance of these databases may conflict with privacy regulation, 
>>> business concerns, or data-mining prevention efforts, fully consult 
>>> with the International law enforcement to assist in the resolution 
>>> of these potential conflicts before removing or restricting law 
>>> enforcement access to this critical information; and… that IACP 
>>> membership coordinate the above efforts to achieve the goal of 
>>> providing consistent, equal, and uniform access to the 
>>> above-referenced resources for all of the international law 
>>> enforcement community.”
>>>
>>>
>>> Founded in 1893, the IACP (www.iacp.org <http://www.iacp.org>)  is 
>>> the professional association for law enforcement officers, with 
>>> members in 133 countries worldwide, primarily leadership-level 
>>> personnel in national, state/provincial, and local agencies.  "The 
>>> Association's goals are to advance the science and art of police 
>>> services; to develop and disseminate improved administrative, 
>>> technical and operational practices and promote their use in police 
>>> work; to foster police cooperation and the exchange of information 
>>> and experience among police administrators throughout the 
>>> world....and to encourage adherence of all police officers to high 
>>> professional standards of performance and conduct."
>>>
>>>
>>> The text of the full resolution is below and contains the 
>>> rationales.  It notes that loss of access to the currently available 
>>> data “would severely cripple or eliminate the ability of law 
>>> enforcement agencies to conduct investigation in a timely manner.”
>>>
>>>
>>> The document is attached, and also at: 
>>> http://www.theiacp.org/Resolutions <http://www.theiacp.org/Resolutions>
>>>
>>>
>>> I kindly request that this be added to our bank of reference 
>>> materials.  (Thanks, Lisa and Michelle.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Support for Law Enforcement Access to Publicly Available and 
>>> Accurate Internet Address Registration Data to include privacy 
>>> protected registrant information and related Forensic Resources to 
>>> facilitate investigation of Cybercrime and Cyber Enabled Crime
>>>
>>> Submitted by: Communications and Technology Committee
>>>
>>> CTC.06.t16
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, this is an updated version of an expired 2005 adopted 
>>> resolution then submitted by the Communications and Technology 
>>> Committee as CT23.a05 and adopted at the 112th Annual Conference; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, the lawful investigation of Internet communications is one 
>>> of the most valuable tools available to law enforcement in 
>>> identifying both the perpetrators and victims of crime; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, the Internet is global in nature, and as such, poses 
>>> challenges when conducting multiagency international investigations, 
>>> including delays imposed when obtaining international legal process; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, electronic or digital evidence associated with the Internet 
>>> is fleeting in nature, and law enforcement officials must obtain 
>>> timely access to this information to fulfill law enforcement duties; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, criminals use the anonymity and international nature of the 
>>> Internet, and the fleeting nature of electronic or digital evidence, 
>>> to thwart law enforcement investigations; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, publicly available databases containing information 
>>> involving the allocation of Internet resources and who they are 
>>> assigned to, such as Internet Protocol address space and domain 
>>> names, are a critical tool used by law enforcement, and because 
>>> these databases are public in nature, allow law enforcement agencies 
>>> access to conduct investigations in the most timely manner possible; and
>>>
>>> WHERAS, allocation of Internet resources is expanding rapidly due to 
>>> impending exhaustion of Internet Protocol Version 4 address space 
>>> and the subsequent and simultaneous implementation of Internet 
>>> Protocol Version 6 as well as the implementation of numerous new top 
>>> level domains by the Internet Corporation for the Assigned Names and 
>>> Numbers (ICANN), accurate and easily accessible registrant 
>>> information is now even more important to law enforcement than in 
>>> 2005 when the original resolution was adopted; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, ICANN and its International members involved in the 
>>> creation of policy consensus and administration of this information 
>>> currently are considering new registrant data policy which may seek 
>>> to restrict or eliminate fluid public access due to business, 
>>> privacy, or data-mining concerns; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, the elimination or restriction of easy fluid access to this 
>>> information would severely cripple or eliminate the ability of law 
>>> enforcement agencies to conduct investigation in a timely manner; 
>>> now therefore be it
>>>
>>> RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police 
>>> (IACP) strongly urges the related Internet administration 
>>> communities, including governments, regional Internet registries, 
>>> the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Internet 
>>> Service Providers, domain-name registries, domain-name registrars, 
>>> and Internet service providers to assist law enforcement by 
>>> providing continued access to publicly available databases 
>>> concerning the allocation of Internet resources, and in situations 
>>> where the maintenance of these databases may conflict with privacy 
>>> regulation, business concerns, or data-mining prevention efforts, 
>>> fully consult with the International law enforcement to assist in 
>>> the resolution of these potential conflicts before removing or 
>>> restricting law enforcement access to this critical information; and 
>>> be it
>>>
>>> FURTHER RESOLVED, that the IACP membership coordinate the above 
>>> efforts to achieve the goal of providing consistent, equal, and 
>>> uniform access to the above-referenced resources for all of the 
>>> international law enforcement community.
>>>
>>>
>>> **********************************
>>>
>>> Greg Aaron
>>>
>>> Vice-President, Product Management
>>>
>>> iThreat Cyber Group / Cybertoolbelt.com
>>>
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>>>
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