[ppml] Policy Proposal 2006-1: Residential Customer Privacy
Owen DeLong
owen at delong.com
Fri Jan 27 03:33:19 EST 2006
As stated previously, I oppose this policy as written.
I would accept a policy allowing the removal of the last 3 characters of
Canadian Postal codes and providing clarification that only 5 digits
of US ZIP code are required.
Owen
On Jan 26, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Member Services wrote:
> On January 26, 2006, the ARIN Advisory Council concluded its review of
> proposed policy 'Residential Customer Privacy' and agreed to forward
> it as a formal proposal for discussion by the community. This proposal
> is designated Policy Proposal 2006-1: Residential Customer Privacy.
> The
> policy proposal text is below and can be found at:
>
> http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2006_1.html
>
> All persons in the community are encouraged to discuss Policy Proposal
> 2006-1 in the weeks leading to the ARIN Public Policy Meeting in
> Montreal scheduled for April 10-11, 2006. Both the discussion on the
> Public Policy Mailing List and at the public policy meeting will be
> used
> to determine the community consensus regarding this policy proposal.
>
> The ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process can be found at:
> http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html
>
> ARIN's Policy Proposal Archive can be found at:
> http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/proposal_archive.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>
>
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>
>
> Policy Proposal Name: Residential Customer Privacy
>
> Author: Samuel Weiler
>
> Proposal type: modify (NRPM sections 4.2.3.7.6 and 6.5.5.1)
>
> Policy Term: permanent
>
> Policy statement:
>
> An organization with downstream residential customers may
> substitute that organization's name for the customer's name,
> e.g. 'Private customer - XYZ Network', and the customer's entire
> address may be replaced with 'Private Residence'. Each private
> downstream residential reassignment must have accurate upstream
> Abuse and Technical POCs visible on the WHOIS record for that
> block.
>
> NRPM Section 3.2 on Distributed Information Server Use
> Requirements (from policy proposal 2003-5) is also updated by
> striking the words "that includes displaying only the city,
> state,
> zip code, and country".
>
> Rationale:
>
> This policy allows for a residential customer's entire physical
> address to be suppressed, not just the street name and
> number. It
> also removes the US-centric phrases "state" and "zip code" from
> the NRPM, reflecting ARIN's broader service area.
>
> In many cases, a postal code or even a city name can identify
> few
> enough individuals, particularly considering the set of those
> likely to have their own IP assignments, that the intent of
> policy
> proposal 2003-3 is constructively defeated.
>
> Timetable for implementation: Immediately upon approval.
>
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