ICANN Conducting Whois Privacy Survey
The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is requesting feedback on privacy concerns regarding the Whois database. The Whois database contains the names and contact information of all persons who have registered a domain name. The current structure of the database and domain registration process prevents the anonymous purchase of a domain name. In addition, the database is often mined by unscrupulous commercial interests that use the registration information for spam and marketing.ICANN Whois Database Survey, ICANN Web Site.
ICANN To Gauge Privacy Concerns Over 'Whois' Database, Newsbytes, June 11, 2001.
