Summary of GNSO Public Forum on Whois, São Paulo, Brazil, 4th December 2006

Robin Gross: “I wanted to pick up on this point about security, and the need for security with the Whois database. Avri talked about the security rights of Internet users, not just of the intellectual property holders but the users in the community. This year, the US Federal Trade Commission has announced that now in the US, online data mining is the number one crime. Privacy experts, in particular, EPIC, have testified that it is the Whois database that is one of the most significant contributors to this problem.
We need to pay some attention to the security interests of ordinary, everyday Internet users who register domain names, and not just the large intellectual property rights holders. They have legal mechanisms at their disposal if someone is violating their rights. Its called due process of law. I really havent heard any explanation for why legal due process should be circumvented in this case. …”

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