Re: [gnso-thickwhoispdp-wg] Dangers and risks of thick Whois

[Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Volker,

I do not believe that institutional domains -- that is, those owned by an
incorporated body -- are deserving of privacy. Having said that... I'm
generally supportive of the approach -- implemented within the Canadian
ccTLD and elsewhere -- that provides significantly greater privacy to
personal domains than to institutional ones.

Those registries that are able to make a distinction between personal and
organizational domains ought to be allowed to offer greater privacy to the
former. But if no distinction is offered, then there should be no special
privacy protections.

- Evan



On 29 January 2013 12:26, Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi Evan,
>
>
> On 29 January 2013 11:19, Don Blumenthal <dblumenthal@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>   I’ve read and heard many times that individuals should be able to have
>> domain names and still maintain their privacy.
>>
>   I agree with this basic premise.
>
>
>  That's one opinion. Another, said in a previous post by Bob Bruen with
> which I agree, says:
>
>  *  "Individuals can still be anonymous, but the domain owner should not
> be (IMHO)".*
>
>
>>  Does your site setup protect bloggers any better than privacy/proxy
>> services would if they owned domains?
>>
>
>  The setup gives the bloggers as much privacy as they want. They have
> psudonyms that identify them for repeated comments. They can be contacted
> by visitors to the site without the visitors knowing their email addresses.
> And yet, if we were served with a Canadian court order to divulge we would.
>
>  My point, though, is not that my setup is superior -- rather, its mere
> existence as a counter-example demonstrates that private domain name
> ownership is not a necessary to protect personal freedom of speech. ICANN
> conventional wisdom that I have witnessed often assumes that the two must
> be linked.
>
>   So essentially you (and Bob) are saying a blogger that operates his
> blog under his own domain name may not protect his own privacy? I believe
> strongly that the right to personal data privacy does not end with the
> ownership of a domain name. Sure, a blogger may opt for a blogging service,
> but most will want their own sites and build their own brands instead of
> strengthening someone elses.
>
> Best,
>
> Volker
>



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