CIRA WHOIS policy under review?
I just received a link to a CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority) survey about their WHOIS policy. As you may know, sometime last year, due to privacy concerns, hid individual users’ names and contact details from the public WHOIS results. (I mentioned it briefly years ago).
Many have commented (see for example Michael Geist’s article on CIRA) how weak this protection actually is, since ‘law enforcement’ can just claim to be investigating you and get your details. (Oh, they have to claim its related to terrorism… but they claim EVERYTHING is related to terrorism these days.). Not to mention, the loophole that if someone has an intellectual property right claim against you… they can get your details.
If it’s a legitimate complaint, get a court order. How hard is that?
So, it seems they’re asking for input. Is it too much to hope for that they are rethinking their ways, or is this just a show to appease the critics? Unfortunately, I remain sceptical… a lot of questions were asking about EXPANDING the above loopholes…
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