Accuracy
Data Accuracy is the state of error-free records that can be used as a reliable source of information. Types of data accuracy discussed by the GNSO's Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team include: syntactical, operational, and validated.[1]
Related Debates[edit | edit source]
Where people fall in terms of the following debates may affect their perspectives on the value of achieving complete data accuracy.
What's more important? Data Privacy or Cybersecurity[edit | edit source]
- The Data Privacy camp,[2] such as proponents of GDPR, argues natural persons have a right to their privacy and encourages limiting broad access to accurate personal or identifying data.
- Cybersecurity workers and enthusiasts insist that data accuracy is important to mitigating DNS Abuse as law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies need it for notifying victims, acting as a dissuading factor for bad actors, and ultimately catching perpetrators.[3]
Will Ensuring Data Accuracy actually stop bad actors[edit | edit source]
- Data registration regulation flowing down the ICANN hierarchy may not reach malicious activity because hackers do not provide accurate email addresses, money trails, or registration data.[4]
Post-GDPR[edit | edit source]
The GNSO Council adopted a proposal on 21 October 2020 which recommended that a Scoping Team address the effects of GDPR on Registration Data accuracy requirements and the Whois Accuracy Reporting System (ARS). On 22 July 2021, the GNSO Council confirmed the formation of the Accuracy Scoping Team tasked to consider accuracy-related factors such as the current enforcement, reporting, measurement, and overall effectiveness of accuracy-related efforts. These considerations will inform the deliberations and development of recommendations to the GNSO Council to improve accuracy levels.[5]
Scoping Team Members:[6]
- Volker Greimann
- Roger Carney
- Sarah Wyld
- Owen Smigelski (alternate)
- Marc Anderson
- Sophie Hey
- Elizabeth Bacon
- Alan Woods (alternate)
- Mason Cole
- Oluwatoba Obaniyi
- Lori Schulman
- Scott Austin
- Thomas Rickert
- Steve Crocker
- Melina Stroungi
- Velimira Nemiguentcheva-Grau
- Kenneth Merrill
- Laureen Kapin (alternate)
- Susan Chalmers (alternate)
- Chris Lewis-Evans (alternate)
- Alan Greenberg
- Stephanie Perrin
- Manju Chen
- Michael Palage
- Olga Cavalli
- Brian Gutterman
- Becky Burr
- Harald Alvestrand
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team Meeting, GNSO, ICANN 72
- ↑ Data Privacy Associations, Privacy Bee
- ↑ Gabriel Andrews, of the FBI, representing the Public Safety Working Group, on the GAC Discussions: IGO Protection Matters and DNS Abuse Mitigation Panel, ICANN 72
- ↑ Theo Geurts, presenting on a DNS Abuse Dashboard at the GNSO: NCSG Membership Meeting, ICANN 72]
- ↑ GNSO Council Project List, August 2022, Community, ICANN
- ↑ Accuracy Scoping Team Members, Community, ICANN