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The GNSO established the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group, in response to the ICANN Board's request for an Issue Report, to be developed into a GNSO [[Policy Development Process]] (PDP) following the approval of the 2013 RAA. The board expressed urgency for this issue at ICANN 42 in Dakar:
The GNSO established the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group, in response to the ICANN Board's request for an Issue Report, to be developed into a GNSO [[Policy Development Process]] (PDP) following the approval of the 2013 RAA. The board expressed urgency for this issue at ICANN 42 in Dakar:
<blockquote>"The Board wishes to convey its sense of urgency on this issue. Law enforcement agencies and a GNSO working group have developed a list of specific recommendations for amending the RAA to provide greater protections for registrants and reduce abuses. Yet no action has been taken on these recommendations. The Board requires action. Direct negotiations between the contracted parties is seen as a way to rapidly develop a set of amendments for consideration."<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2011-10-28-en Board Resolution 2011-10-28]</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"The Board wishes to convey its sense of urgency on this issue. Law enforcement agencies and a GNSO working group have developed a list of specific recommendations for amending the RAA to provide greater protections for registrants and reduce abuses. Yet no action has been taken on these recommendations. The Board requires action. Direct negotiations between the contracted parties is seen as a way to rapidly develop a set of amendments for consideration."<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2011-10-28-en Board Resolution 2011-10-28]</ref></blockquote>
The Board was referring to a set of recommendations developed and proposed by law enforcement agencies from [[GAC]] members, including:
*Australian Federal Police
*Department of Justice (US)
*Federal Bureau of Investigation (US)
*New Zealand Police
*Royal Canadian Mounted Police
*Serious Organized Crime Agency (UK)
Among these recommendations were proposed policies concerning [[WHOIS]] data. It was stated that law enforcement does not condone any use of proxy/private registration, citing the requirement for "accurate, detailed, and public" WHOIS information for all gTLDs as stipulated in ICANN's 2006 JPA Affirmation of Responsibilities and the 2009 Affirmation of Commitments. In lieu of placeing a ban proxy/private registrations, law enforcement urged ICANN to adopt an amendment that set the following requirements:
#Registrars are to accept proxy/privacy registrations only from ICANN accredited Proxy Registration Services.
#Registrants using privacy/proxy registration services will have authentic WHOIS information immediately published by the Registrar when registrant is found to be violating terms of service, including but not limited to the use of false data, fraudulent use, spamming and/or criminal activity.<ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct10-en.pdf RAA Improvements Proposal Final Report]</ref>
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