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EPIC Urges Privacy-Friendly Resolution of WHOIS Policy In a letter to the ICANN Board, EPIC endorsed the WHOIS Working Group's efforts to reach resolution on a seven-year attempt to reform WHOIS policy. EPIC stated that the Operational Point of Contact (OPoC) proposal, while not ideal from a privacy perspective, appears workable and would address the main concerns of the various stakeholders. EPIC suggested that if the proposal does not move forward, then the Board should sunset the WHOIS database. Thirty other groups and individuals endorsed EPIC's letter to the ICANN Board, including members of European Digital Rights (EDRI), Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), IP Justice, Digital Rights Ireland, Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFI), Domain Direct, Jamaica Sustainable Development Network, Open Institute Cambodia, Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), the Australian Domain Name Administrator (AUDA), ICANN's Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC), and the EPIC Advisory Board. (Oct. 30, 2007)
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Even the “father of the Internet” could not find a solution to the ongoing fight over the so-called Whois database, which allow checks on who has registered Internet domain names. When Vinton Cerf steps down from its position as Chairman of ICANN at the closing of this week’s thirtieth ICANN meeting in Los Angeles, the Whois problem might remain unresolved.
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Under ICANN's WHOIS policy, Internet users are unable to register for a domain anonymously. The WHOIS database broadly exposes domain name registrants' personal information to a global audience, including criminals and spammers. Anyone with Internet access has access to WHOIS data, including stalkers, corrupt governments cracking down on dissidents, spammers, aggressive intellectual property lawyers, and police agents without legal authority. Even those speaking out for human rights cannot conceal their identity. While it is true that some registrants use the Internet to conduct fraud, most domain name registrants do not, and many have legitimate reasons to conceal their identities and to register domain names anonymously. For example, political, artistic and religious groups around the world rely on the Internet to provide information and express views while avoiding persecution.
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SAIPAN, CNMI, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Saipan DataCom, Inc., the registry for the newly available ".mp" top-level domain (TLD), has made customers' privacy a top priority by limiting access to .mp WHOIS data (the "TLD phonebook"). Unlike TLD registries that provide publicly available WHOIS data searches, .mp WHOIS data will be available only with documentation indicating possible rights to a particular .mp domain name.
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Generic top level domain name registrants will now be presented by their Registrar with their WHOIS contact details on an annual basis. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has now published the mechanism by which this will be achieved.
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A WHOIS record lists the domain name, the owner, and the phone number, fax number, email address, and physical address of contact person for the domain. There are often separate entries for the owner and technical contact.
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