[gnso-whois-wg] Statement of Interest

["Heyder, Markus B." <MHEYDER@xxxxxxx>]

1. Current occupation, employer and position

Federal Trade Commission (Washington D.C.); counsel for international
consumer protection

2. Type of work performed in 1 above

Work related to enforcement of U.S. consumer protection and privacy laws
and associated policy work

3. Financial ownership or management leadership of registries,
registrars or other firms that are interested parties in Whois

None

4. Nature of your interest in Whois

The FTC routinely relies on public Whois databases in its investigations
of violations of U.S. consumer protection and privacy laws. To
effectively perform their investigations and law enforcement functions,
FTC investigators and attorneys require real-time access to domain name
registration and registrant information. As a consumer protection
agency, the FTC also has advocated in favor of public access for
consumers to Whois information about domain names used for commercial
purposes.

During the GNSO Whois working group calls, any comments I make will not
necessarily reflect the views of the FTC or any individual FTC
Commissioner and may only reflect my own views and questions.

Regards, Markus Heyder