Comments on WHOIS Task Force 1: Suggestions from NCUC

Key Points to Make:

1. We support the report's conclusion that there should be a distinction in the treatment of sensitive and non-sensitive data. Access to sensitive data, such as registrant's name, address, telephone number, and email address, should be more limited than access to non-sensitive data, such as technical contact name and contact information.

2. The discussion of "uses" of Whois data in Section III must also acknowledge the potential for "abuses" of the data. It should go into as much detail about abuse as use.

3. Domain name registrants should be notified when their sensitive data is accessed. They have a right to know who requested the data and what purpose it was requested for.

4. All requests for sensitive data should be made for each domain name on an individual basis, not in bulk, and for each request a legitimate purpose must be specified.

5. We oppose the creation of a White List.

Task Force 1 Preliminary Report