[anti-abuse-wg] Spam under protection. Believe it or not!

Ronald

Privacy is a right in many jurisdictions, but ICANN policy forces publication of full whois data.

Referring to whois privacy / proxy services as “dubious services” is highly offensive to the thousands, if not millions, of legitimate users of whois privacy / proxy services who use them to avoid harassment, doxing, physical abuse etc.,
If ICANN policy actually respected privacy then there would be no need for these services.

Also under the 2013 contract there are obligations on companies that offer proxy / privacy services:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en#privacy-proxy


ICANN receives its funding from several sources, including registrars, but to claim that ICANN is run by registrars is both misinformed and very misleading. A LOT of ICANN policy is driven by IP lawyers. Also, ICANN doesn’t have any members.

Regards

Michele
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