Dot-ca Whois Privacy Policy
As an update to earlier posts (here and here), the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced the results of its consultation with the public regarding implementing changes to the dot-ca domain name Whois Privacy Policy. Under the proposed new policy, technical information will still be displayed on the Whois information for a dot-ca domain name but access to registrant personal information will require submission of a formal request for disclosure of such information. There is also a proposed opt-in rule by which individual registrants may choose to have their personal information publicly accessible in the Whois database.
According to CIRA’s announcement, there was “overwhelming” support for its proposed changes. CIRA will now prepare a final set of policies and a plan for implementing the new Whois policy. CIRA anticipates that implementation will start in later 2007. Once implemented, the revised dot-ca Whois policy will mean that the privacy rights of Registrants will take precedence over trademark owners’ attempts to track down details about those registrants who may be infringing the owners’ marks.
This entry was posted by Karen Monteith on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 9:00 am and is filed under Domain Name Disputes, Protection & Enforcement. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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