On 11-Feb-99 Karl Auerbach wrote:
> On the other hand, the database is a *big* privacy intrusion.
>
> And, as I've been indicating, it was paid for and authorized via the
> Cooperative Agreement and is hence subject to the Privacy Act of 1974.
>
> As such, you, or anybody, should not have been obtaining access unless you
> had entered into an undertaking to protect the privacy of the data as
> required by the act (and which neither NSF nor NTIA seem to be bothering
> to require of NSI.)
Sorry Karl, but this doesn't wash either.
Property ownership information is not protected, and you can't own property
without being included in the publicly accessible databases.
Why are domain names any different?
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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10-Feb-99
Time: 16:50:20
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