[bc-gnso] FW: [council] Public Comment: Draft Report on WHOIS Accuracy

["Rick Anderson" <RAnderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike, and all.

I would be delighted to participate in this. Our company is being defamed by 
anonymous posters on one of these websites who hide behind an odious mix of 
"privacy" and fraudulent registration. They do not respond to US court orders, 
involving our own case or others, registered mail is sent to the WHOIS 
information and returned undeliverable.

Assuming the foregoing makes me more "reluctant expert" than "conflicted", 
count me in.





/Rick 

Rick Anderson 
EVP, InterBorder Holdings Ltd 
randerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
cell (403) 830-1798 


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Sent: Tue Feb 16 09:39:17 2010
Subject: [bc-gnso] FW: [council] Public Comment: Draft Report on WHOIS Accuracy 


Linked below is a very long-awaited report on WHOIS Accuracy.  Here are the key 
findings from the Executive Summary:

 

[T]here were three criteria to be met for any WHOIS record to be considered 
accurate: 

1.       Was the address of the registrant a valid mailing address? 

2.       Was the registrant named associated in some way with the given 
address? 

3.       When contacted, would the named registrant acknowledge that they were 
indeed the registrant of the domain name, and confirm all details given as 
correct and current? 

 

An internationally representative sample of 1419 records was drawn from the top 
five generic top level domains (gTLDs, covering .com, .org, .net. .info and 
.biz). The address for each selected case was checked against postal records 
and mapping data for deliverability, searches were conducted in phone listings 
and other records unrelated to WHOIS for a linkage between name and address, 
and contact was attempted with the named registrant using phone numbers 
obtained during the association process. 

 

Using strict application of the criteria, only 23% of records were fully 
accurate, but twice that number meet a slightly relaxed version of the criteria 
(allowing successful contact with the registrant to imply association, and 
requiring only that ownership of the site be confirmed, as opposed to 
confirmation of both ownership and the currency/correctness of all detail). 
Eight percent of records failed outright with obvious errors.

 

I think the BC most likely would like to comment on this report, so ask if 
anyone is willing to volunteer to help with draft comments.  Of course any 
Members’ comments to the list would be most welcome.

 

Thanks,

Mike

 

Mike Rodenbaugh

RODENBAUGH LAW

tel/fax:  +1 (415) 738-8087

http://rodenbaugh.com <http://rodenbaugh.com/> 

 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:54 AM
To: Council GNSO
Subject: [council] Public Comment: Draft Report on WHOIS Accuracy

 

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-15feb10-en.htm

 

Public Comment: Draft Report on WHOIS Accuracy

15 February 2010

 

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) recently completed a study 
commissioned by ICANN to determine the percentage of domain names registered 
under the top 5 gTLDs (i.e., .com, .net, .org, .biz, and .info) that contain 
accurate WHOIS data. Today, the draft report is being posted for review and 
comment through 15 April 2010.

 

Community members are invited to review the draft report and its findings and 
comment on all aspects of the report. The information in the report is intended 
to contribute to the ongoing community discussion regarding WHOIS and should be 
useful in any future policy development process regarding WHOIS.

The draft report can be found here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/compliance/reports/whois-accuracy-study-17jan10-en.pdf 
[PDF, 432 KB]

 

The Process Going Forward:

 

At the end of this Public Comment period, ICANN Staff will review the comments 
submitted and prepare a summary analysis of the various submissions.

 

Deadline and How to Submit Comments:

ICANN Staff is opening a 60-day public comment, from 15 February through 15 
April 2010, and invites community comments on the draft report.

 

The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201004-en.htm#whois-accuracy-study
 
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201004-en.htm#whois-accuracy-study>
 

 

To Submit Comments: whois-accuracy-study@xxxxxxxxx 
<mailto:whois-accuracy-study@xxxxxxxxx> 

 

To View Comments: http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-accuracy-study/

 

Staff Responsible: David A. Giza, Senior Director, Contractual Compliance

 

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://gnso.icann.org

 


 
 
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