Page History
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- WHOIS Task Force Final Report (2003)
- WHOIS Task Force Final Report (2007) [HTML] and [PDF]
- WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report (2012)
- Further links to GNSO Closed/Archived WHOIS Policy Work (2001-2011)
Procedure for Handling Conflicts with National Laws
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- GNSO Council Recommendation on Further Studies of WHOIS
- WHOIS Misuse Study and Final Study Report
- WHOIS Registrant Identification Study and Final Study Report
- WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Services Abuse Study and Final Study Report
- WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Relay/Reveal Survey and Final Survey Results
- US GAO Prevalence of False Contact Information for Registered Domain Names Study (2005)
- NORC WHOIS Accuracy Study (2010)
- NORC Study on the Prevalence of Domain Names Registered Using A Privacy or Proxy Service Among the Top 5 gTLDs (2010)
- Further links to GNSO WHOIS Study announcements and comments (2009-2014)
SSAC Reports
- SAC054SAC058, Report Report on Domain Name Registration Data ModelValidation (2013)
- SAC055, WHOIS: Blind Men and an Elephant (September 2012)
- SAC058SAC054, Report Report on Domain Name Registration Data ValidationModel (June 2012)
- SAC051, Report on Domain Name WHOIS Terminology (2011)
Registry & Registrar Agreements
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- Article 29 WP statement on the data protection impact of the revision of the ICANN RAA (2013-2014)
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/namazi-to-kohnstamm-25mar14-en.pdf
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/kohnstamm-to-jeffrey-08jan14-en.pdf
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-kohnstamm-20sep13-en.pdf
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/kohnstamm-to-crocker-chehade-06jun13-en.pdf
- Article 29 WP comments on the data protection impact of the revision of the ICANN RAA concerning accuracy and data retention of WHOIS (2012)
Article 29 WP on ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law (2007)
http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/cerf-to-schaar-24oct07.pdf
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cerf-to-schaar-15mar07-en.pdf- Article 29 WP on ICANN’s WHOIS Database Policy (2006)
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/schaar-to-cerf-22jun06-en.pdf
https://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/lawson-to-cerf-22jun06.pdf
https://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/parisse-to-icann-22jun06.pdf
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fingleton-to-cerf-20jun06-en.pdf
- Article 29 WP 2/2003
Opinion on the application of the data protection principles to the WHOIS directories (WP 76)
- Additional Article 29 WP documents that may be of interest to this PDP WG
Article 29 WP 5 Recommendation 2/97
Article 29 WP 33 Opinion 5/2000
Article 29 WP 41 Opinion 4/2001
Article 29 WP 56 Working Document 5/2002
Article 29 WP 217 Opinion 4/2014
- Further documents produced by the Article 29 WP may be found at their website
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