In November 2011, ICANN Staff issued a Preliminary Issue Report on 'Thick' Whois to determine if the [[GNSO]] Council needs to conduct a [[PDP|Policy Development Process]] (PDP) regarding the requirements for existing [[gTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/thick-whois-preliminary-report-21nov11-en.htm Preliminary Issue Report on 'Thick' Whois]</ref> The ICANN community was divided on the issue. In a statement, [[Verisign]] said that it will ''"neither advocate for nor against the initiation of a PDP."''The company also argued that its Whois model for [[.com]], [[.net]], [[.name]] and [[.jobs]] is effective but if the internet community and its customers believed that thick Whois is a better, it will respect and implement the policy. The [[Intellectual Property Constituency]] supports Whois implementation. The constituency believed that it will help prevent abuses on intellectual property rights and consumer fraud. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/fight-brewing-over-thick-com-whois/ Fight brewing over thick .com Whois]</ref> On the other hand, [[Wendy Seltzer]] of the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]] (NCUC) expressed her concern on the impact of further Whois expansion on privacy rights. She pointed out that, ''"Moving all data to the registry could facilitate invasion of privacy and decrease the jurisdictional control registrants have through their choice of registrar."''<ref>[http://forum.icann.org/lists/thick-whois-preliminary-report/msg00006.html NCUC Comments on Thick Whois]</ref> | In November 2011, ICANN Staff issued a Preliminary Issue Report on 'Thick' Whois to determine if the [[GNSO]] Council needs to conduct a [[PDP|Policy Development Process]] (PDP) regarding the requirements for existing [[gTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/thick-whois-preliminary-report-21nov11-en.htm Preliminary Issue Report on 'Thick' Whois]</ref> The ICANN community was divided on the issue. In a statement, [[Verisign]] said that it will ''"neither advocate for nor against the initiation of a PDP."''The company also argued that its Whois model for [[.com]], [[.net]], [[.name]] and [[.jobs]] is effective but if the internet community and its customers believed that thick Whois is a better, it will respect and implement the policy. The [[Intellectual Property Constituency]] supports Whois implementation. The constituency believed that it will help prevent abuses on intellectual property rights and consumer fraud. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/fight-brewing-over-thick-com-whois/ Fight brewing over thick .com Whois]</ref> On the other hand, [[Wendy Seltzer]] of the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]] (NCUC) expressed her concern on the impact of further Whois expansion on privacy rights. She pointed out that, ''"Moving all data to the registry could facilitate invasion of privacy and decrease the jurisdictional control registrants have through their choice of registrar."''<ref>[http://forum.icann.org/lists/thick-whois-preliminary-report/msg00006.html NCUC Comments on Thick Whois]</ref> |