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Steps for Improving WHOIS Data Management: GNSO Steering Committee Initiatives

The GNSO WHOIS Steering Committee, chaired by Bruce Tonkin, is set to review and prioritize WHOIS issues to enhance data accuracy and privacy standards. Key actions include developing task force terms of reference, limiting data mining of contact information, and determining best practices for registrars in data collection and verification. The committee will gather insights on privacy protection and registrant information practices to strike a balance between contactability and privacy. Community collaboration is essential to gather accurate data, paving the way for effective policy development.

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Steps for Improving WHOIS Data Management: GNSO Steering Committee Initiatives

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  1. WHOIS Next Steps Bruce Tonkin Acting Chair GNSO WHOIS Steering Committee

  2. GNSO WHOIS Steering Committee • Purpose to review list of WHOIS issues • Prioritise the issues • Develop terms of reference for one or more task forces

  3. 3 distinct areas identified • Limit data mining of contact information • Review data collected and data displayed • Improve accuracy

  4. Data mining • Collect information on current needs • Volume of queries, data needed per query • Review approaches to prevent data mining • Determine best practice solution • Feed requirements to IETF for new standard protocol (e.g CRISP)

  5. Data collection and display • Collect information on how registrants are informed about the data at time of registration • Determine best practice to inform registrants • Conduct analysis of the purposes for data collected, and determine what is necessary (balance contactability and privacy) • Determine methods for protecting privacy, and determine whether these need to be enhanced

  6. Accuracy • Collect information on current techniques used by registrars to verify data at the time of collection • Collect information on techniques used by other online service providers • Create best practices document • Determine how to cost effectively prevent the provision of deliberate false information

  7. Next Steps • The GNSO today will consider the terms of reference and decide whether to commence policy development • A key first step in this process is the collection of accurate information to form a solid basis for policy development • We seek help from the ICANN community to provide this information.

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