[arin-ppml] Petition Underway - Policy Proposal 95: Customer Confidentiality - Time Sensitive

Mon Feb 1 16:33:01 EST 2010

I support the petition to give Policy Proposal 95 due consideration. 

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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> 
> 
> John Curran wrote:
> > ARIN Community - 
> > 
> > I am reposting this Petition Announcement under a distinct subject 
> > line as otherwise not all mailing list participants may recognize 
> > that this process is underway.  This is neither a statement for or 
> > against the petition, and all statements of support posted under 
> > the original thread or this one will be counted in the total.
> > 
> > /John
> > 
> > John Curran
> > President and CEO
> > ARIN
> > 
> > On Jan 28, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Member Services wrote:
> > 
> >> With the message below a petition has started regarding the ARIN
> >> Advisory Council's decision to abandon Proposal 95: Customer
> >> Confidentiality. ARIN staff posted on 21 January 2010 to 
> PPML that the
> >> ARIN Advisory Council (AC) had decided to abandon the proposal.
> >>
> >> If successful, this petition will change Proposal 95 into 
> a Draft Policy
> >> which will be published for discussion and review by the 
> community on
> >> the PPML and at the Public Policy Meeting in April. If the petition
> >> fails, the proposal will be closed.
> >>
> >> For this petition to be successful, it will need 
> statements of support
> >> from at least 10 different people from 10 different 
> organizations. If
> >> you wish to support this petition, post a statement of 
> support to PPML
> >> on this thread. Point of contact information is required, 
> either to the
> >> entire PPML or with a follow up post to petition at arin.net 
> with full POC
> >> information (name, organization, street address, email, phone).
> >>
> >> The duration of the petition is five business days; it 
> will end on 4
> >> February 2010. ARIN staff will post the result of the 
> petition to PPML.
> >>
> >> For more information on starting and participating in 
> petitions, see PDP
> >> Petitions at: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp_petitions.html
> >>
> >> The proposal text is below and at:
> >> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html
> >>
> >> The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at:
> >> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Member Services
> >> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> >>
> >> #####
> >>
> >> Aaron Wendel wrote:
> >>> I do not feel the AC should abandon Policy Proposal 95: Customer
> >>> Confidentiality. I formally petition to move the 
> following text forward
> for
> >>> discussion on the list and at the next Public Policy 
> Meeting. I would
> >>> appreciate it if anyone this policy applies to would 
> support moving this
> >>> proposal forward by posting statements in support of the 
> petition to
> this
> >>> list.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Policy Proposal Name: Customer Confidentiality
> >>>
> >>> 2. Proposal Originator: Aaron Wendel
> >>>
> >>> 3. Proposal Version: 2.0
> >>>
> >>> 4. Date: 10 June 2009
> >>>
> >>> 5. Proposal type: new
> >>>
> >>> 6. Policy term: permanent
> >>>
> >>> 7. Policy statement:
> >>>
> >>> ISPs may choose to enter the customer's name along with the ISP's
> >>> address and phone number in reassignments and 
> reallocations in lieu of
> >>> the customer's address and phone number.  The customer's actual
> >>> information must be provided to ARIN on request and will 
> be held in the
> >>> strictest confidence.
> >>>
> >>> 8. Rationale:
> >>>
> >>> Version 2.0 clarifies the need for the customer name to 
> remain in the
> >>> SWIP and RWHOIS information.
> >>>
> >>> Customer contact lists are one of the most proprietary 
> and confidential
> >>> pieces of information in any business.  The requirements 
> for ISPs to
> >>> publish those lists via SWIP or RWHOIS runs contrary to 
> good business
> >>> practices and invites competitors and others to solicit 
> both individuals
> >>> and companies receiving reassignments and sub allocations 
> from upstream
> >>> providers.
> >>>
> >>> 9. Timetable for implementation: immediate
> >>>
> >>> Aaron Wendel Wholesale Internet, Inc. 324 E. 11th St.  Suite 1000
> >>> Kansas City, MO 64106
> >>> 816-256-3031
> >>>
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