ICANN & Privacy

Internet privacy 'sacrificed' by Icann, article published at BBCNEWS

Internet law professor Michael Geist argues that the internet oversight body has sacrificed the issue of privacy for a shot at independence.

For the past five years, privacy has lingered as one of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (Icann) most contentious policy issues.

Information on tens of millions of domain name registrants is contained in the "WHOIS database", which is readily available to anyone with internet access.

Pre-dating Icann, the database identifies the name, address and other personal information of domain name registrants.

Full article at BBCNEWS