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- Accuracy Reporting System (ARS) Pilot Study Report (2014)
- ICANN Blog: Phase 1 of the ARS
- ARS Phase 1 Validation Criteria (2015)
- ICANN WHOIS Portal Knowledge Center Q&A: What is WHOIS data used for?
- WHOIS Information Portal and Consolidated WHOIS Lookup Tool
- WHOIS Primer
- Annual Report on WHOIS Improvements (2014)
- WHOIS Implementation Report (2015)
- Final Report from the Working Group on Internationalized Registration Data (2015)
- Final Report from the Expert Working Group on Internationalized Registration Data (2015)
- ICANN Memorandum (Legal Review) to the IRT on Thin to Thick WHOIS Transition - Final Memorandum and Scope (2014-2015)
- RDAP Operational Profile for Registries and Registrars (2016)
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- GNSO PDP on Thick WHOIS and Final Report (2013)
- GNSO PDP on Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues (PPSAI), Final Report, and GNSO Council Recommendations to Board (2015)
- GNSO PDP on Translation/Transliteration of Contact Information and Final Report (2015)
- See also IRD-related reports under WHOIS Improvements above
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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 76 Opinion 2/2003
Opinion on the application of the data protection principles to the WHOIS directories
- Additional Article 29 WP documents that may be of interest to this PDP WG
Article 29 WP 5 Recommendation 2/1997
Article 29 WP 20 Opinion 3/1999
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 Opinion 1/2010
Article 29 WP 203 Opinion 3/2013
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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Common Position relating to Reverse Directories (Hong Kong, 15.04.1998)
- Common Position on Privacy and Data Protection aspects of the Registration of Domain Names on the Internet (Crete, 4./5.05.2000)
- Common Position on Privacy and Data Protection aspects of the Publication of Personal Data contained in publicly available documents on the Internet (Crete, 4./5.05.2000)
Common Position on Incorporation of telecommunications-specific principles in multilateral privacy agreements: Ten Commandments to protect Privacy in the Internet World (Berlin, 13/14.09.2000)
- Common Position on data protection aspects in the Draft Convention on cyber-crime of the Council of Europe (Berlin, 13/14.09.2000)
- Working Paper on Privacy and Data Protection Issues with Regard to Registrant data and the WHOIS Directory at ICANN (Paris, 27/28.11.2017)
Further documents produced by this "Berlin Group" may be found at their website
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD")
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- General GNSO Processes & Background
- Board & GNSO Motions
- EWG Final Report, FAQs, and Research (2014)
- EWG RDS Tutorials and Webinars (2014)
- EWG Member Individual Statements and Blogs: (2014)
- Dissenting Report from Stephanie Perrin [PDF, 108 KB] by Stephanie Perrin, EWG Member
- How to Improve WHOIS Data Accuracy, by Lanre Ajayi, EWG Member
- Where Do Old Protocols Go To Die?, by Scott Hollenbeck, EWG Member
- Some Thoughts on the ICANN EWG Recommended Registration Directory Service (RDS), by Rod Rasmussen, EWG Member
- Building a Better WHOIS for the Individual Registrant, by Carlton Samuels, EWG Member
- EP-WG Process Framework (2015)
- Issue Report & Public Comments (2015)
- WG Charter (2015)
- Affirmation of Commitments (AoC)
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