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'''Graeme Bunton''' is the Director of the [[DNS Abuse Institute]]. Before that, he was an Information Specialist at [[Tucows]] beginning in February 2011, where he worked in business intelligence, analytics, and reporting. He was also a Senior Web Presence Consultant at nModel Solutions Inc in Toronto.<ref name="linkedin">[http://ca.linkedin.com/in/graemebunton Graeme Bunton], LinkedIn.com. Retrieved 2013 August 17.</ref> Bunton was an original member of Citizen Lab, a Toronto-based digital rights think tank.<ref>[http://motherboard.vice.com/read/inside-the-notorious-canadian-internet-company-targeted-by-the-us-government Inside the 'Notorious' Canadian Internet Company Targeted by the US Government] by Jordan Pearson (March 20, 2015), Vice News. Retrieved December 14, 2015.</ref>

==ICANN==
Graeme is involved with [[ICANN]] through the [[Registrar Stakeholder Group]] and has been involved with [[IRTP]]-D since [[ICANN 46]] in Beijing.<ref>[http://icannregistrars.org/about/members.php Registrar Stakeholder Group Members], ICANN. Retrieved December 14, 2015.</ref><ref name="interview">ICANNWiki Interview, July 2013.</ref> In May 2013, he said the following about the GAC's safeguard during the ICANN New gTLD Board Committee's request for comment: "The GAC is proposing restrictions upon the new gTLDs which have not been imposed on their own ccTLDs."<ref>[http://domainnewsafrica.com/is-the-icann-gac-right-it-depends-on-who-you-ask/ Is the ICANN GAC right? It depends on who you ask] (May 20, 2013), Domain News Africa. Retrieved December 14, 2015.</ref> He serves as Vice Chair of the group's Executive Committee (Excom) since October 2015; the term is set to expire in 2016. According to ICANN, "The Vice-Chair assumes leadership of the Registrar Stakeholder Group in the absence of the Chairman; monitors and reports on technical issues related to the domain name system; reports on activities of interest and importance to the Registrar Stakeholder Group."<ref>[http://icannregistrars.org/about/staff.php Meet the Registrar Stakeholder Group Staff], ICANN. Retrieved December 14, 2015. </ref>

==Resources==
* [https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Graeme+Bunton+SOI Graeme Bunton SOI] at ICANN
* [http://www.tucows.com/author/gbunton/ Graeme Bunton's author archive] at Tucows
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trade-piracy-idUSL1N0W71UZ20150306 3-U.S. says inaction on online piracy risks public safety] (March 5, 2015), Reuters
* [http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/03/06/us-wants-icann-governments-stamp-out-counterfeit-goods/ US Trade Office Wants ICANN and Governments To Help Stamp Out Online Counterfeit Goods] by David Goldstein (March 6, 2015), Domain Pulse
* [https://opensrs.com/blog/2015/06/help-save-domain-privacy/ Help save domain privacy] by Graeme Bunton (June 30, 2015), OpenSRS

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