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ICANN Meeting Addresses Website Owner Privacy and Public Access Concerns

Calendar Mar 19, 2018 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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internet governance privacy regulation public access ICANN meeting Whois database website owners
The group overseeing internet addresses is scrambling to balance the privacy of website owners and the right to know who is behind online pages. The nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began a weeklong meeting Monday focused on the fate of the public Whois database, which shows contact information for those who own websites.