[gnso-dow123] Brief summary of Whois TF meeting, 25 June 2006

["Maria Farrell" <maria.farrell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,
 
Ahead of comprehensive minutes, below is a very brief summary of the
substantive Whois meeting held on Saturday, 25 June, 2006. This meeting was
a substantive meeting. A further note will summarize the outcomes of the
Whois Task Force administrative meeting held on 26 June 2006. 
 
Please note that the next task force meeting is not yet scheduled, but is
expected within the next two weeks. 
 
All the best, Maria
 
 
Whois Task Force meeting, 25 June 2006

Marie George (CNIL  - the French data protection agency ) gave a
presentation on DP issues in relation to Whois. She said if Whois policy
development doesn't go in the right direction, European DPAs will start
taking  enforcement actions against EU based/targetted registrars. MG was
asked if this was the position of the French government and said it was not
a unified position but that no French agency/government department required
publication of data, nor would it ever. 

The main work item of the meeting was work on the OPOC proposal, on how it
deals with registrars responding to specific complaints of inaccuracy in the
Whois. Progress was made on understanding the application of the term
'timely manner' in registrars' responses to complaints and also in
registrants' responses to registrars. T Progress was  also made on when in
this process domains should be put on hold as opposed to revoked. Specific
language changes were agreed on registry data and bulk access. The issues of
timely manner and on hold/revocation were not concluded (i.e. language
changes have not been proposed and agreed), but the TF will work on language
at its next TF meeting  

 ( Next meeting is not yet scheduled but will be held within the next two
weeks).