Coalition Urges ICANN to Protect Privacy
EPIC is spearheading a coalition that plans to write a letter to ICANN asserting that individuals and small-business owners should be able to buy domain names without being required to divulge their mailing address, phone number and e-mail address. More than 50 consumer and civil liberties organizations from around the world have written to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) President to urge him to limit the use and scope of the WHOIS database to its original purpose - the resolution of technical network issues - and to establish strong privacy protections based on internationally accepted privacy standards. ICANN is currently meeting in Carthage, Tunisia, to discuss the WHOIS database, which broadly exposes domain registrants' personal data to a global audience, including criminals and spammers.
Group Lobbies for Domain Buyers' Privacy
CNET News.com, October 28, 2003.
