Note that the whois service that Nominet (.uk registry) provides currently
only lists the following information:
Domain Name
Registrant Name
Registrar/Reseller Name
Registration Date
Name Servers

For various reasons this has proven very problematic and Nominet has now
begun a process to begin publishing registrant data on the whois.

There may be some lessons for auDA to learn from Nominet on this issue,
especially as the UK's data protection laws have been more stringent than
the recently implemented privacy laws in Australia for some time.

rgds
jon



>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:31:51 +1000 (EST)
>From: Ian Smith <smithi&#167;nimnet.asn.au>
>To: Rod Keys <rod&#167;ddns.com.au>
>cc: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au, Mark Hughes <effectivebusiness§pplications.com.au>,
>        Jo Lim <jo.lim&#167;auda.org.au>
>Subject: Re: [DNS] Comments on draft whois policy
>
>
>On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Rod Keys wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark & Ian
>
>I'm sure Mark will do a better job, but ..
>
> > Whilst I appricate your comments picture this scene. I have purchased
>some
> > goods on line and several days later they have not arrived. I try to
ring
> > them but alas no answer or worse still the phone is disconnected. Their
>web
> > site lists their mailing address is a PO Box. What fall back as a consumer
> > do I have? however if the address details are available where they cannot
>be
> > hidden I at least have some redress and this has happened to me. I was
>able
> > to go to the police and they followed it up and guesswhat I got my money
> > back.
>
>As seemed pretty clear from Mark's post, there's no impediment to law
>enforcement bodies obtaining full database information as/when required;
>I expect that this would apply to consumer protection authorities also.
>
>I feel any inconvenience a few people may suffer in not getting 'instant
>results' from whois queries would be more than outweighed by inhibiting
>unconscionable practices of some registrars or other would-be s[pc]ammers.
>
>Cheers, Ian
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ian Smith" <smithi&#167;nimnet.asn.au>
> > To: "Mark Hughes" <effectivebusiness&#167;pplications.com.au>
> > Cc: "Jo Lim" <jo.lim&#167;auda.org.au>; "Dns Discussion Listserver"
> > <dns&#167;auda.org.au>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 5:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [DNS] Comments on draft whois policy
> > 
> > 
> > > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Mark Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > >  > As there are clear benefits but no identifiable downside, I strongly
> > support
> > >  > removing "Registrant Street" from the publicly visible whois data.
> > >
> > > Well made arguments Mark; smells good to me (fwiw!)
> > >
> > > Cheers, Ian
>
>[snip]
>
>
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