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[bc-gnso] ICANN Board Addresses WHOIS
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- Subject: [bc-gnso] ICANN Board Addresses WHOIS
- From: Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:01:25 -0500
PLEASE NOTE THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ICANN BOARD. I will be announcing further
details on the Experts Group, as they are provided to Chairs by ICANN staff.
Your comments are invited to bc-gnso list. Marilyn Cade, BC Chair
ICANN Board Addresses WHOIS
19 November 2012
For Immediate Release
ICANN Board Launches New Effort to Tackle gTLD Registration Data
Challenges Based on Policy Review Team Report
Approved resolution also reconfirms full support for
Enforcement of WHOIS policy and obligations
Los Angeles, California… The ICANN Board of Directors has directed the
Chief Executive Officer to launch a new effort to re-examine the purpose of
collecting, maintaining and providing access to generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD)
registration data. The move follows the recommendations of a review team that
examined implementation of WHOIS data policy.
WHOIS is a listing of domain registrants and their contact information.
“WHOIS began more than 25 years ago, before there was even a World Wide
Web and its purpose was far more technical than it is today,” said Dr. Stephen
D. Crocker, ICANN Board Chair. “It’s clear that we have to take a thorough look
at WHOIS from the ground up, and that’s what we’re asking the CEO to do - what
should WHOIS be and how can we best improve its accuracy?”
The Board tasked the CEO to go beyond the existing WHOIS protocol and
start a new initiative focused on directory services. In response CEO Fadi
Chehadé will convene an expert working group to help lay the foundation for new
policy development work.
The Board resolution also directs the CEO to continue to fully enforce
the contractual conditions that relate to the current collection, access and
accuracy of gTLD registration data, and increase efforts to communicate and
conduct outreach ensuring compliance with existing WHOIS policy and conditions.
“It’s basically a two-track approach,” said Crocker. “In addition to a
full examination of WHOIS, the Board wants to make certain that enforcement of
existing WHOIS reporting requirements is strengthened in conformance with the
Affirmation of Commitments and the recommendations of the WHOIS Review Team.”
The Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) is an agreement signed by ICANN
and the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2009 that, among other things, commits
ICANN to enforcing existing policies relating to WHOIS.
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To read the Board resolution on WHOIS, go here:
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08nov12-en.htm#1
To read the report of the WHOIS Policy Review Team, go here:
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-1-08nov12-en.pdf
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