On 21 and 22 June, participants in the 38ICANN International Meeting discussed issues of balance of interests between the law enforcement agencies and registries and registrars, as well as issues of safe Internet and combating crime in the Internet.
Discussion on security issues allowed to conclude that problems facing Russian and global Internet experts and government agencies are very much alike. For example, at the ICANN Meeting the participants discussed issues of providers’ responsibility with respect to whether registrars have to investigate cases of illicit use of domain names and be held responsible for an abuse by means of registered domains. A question has been raised whether a registrar must annul registration of domains registered on individuals who have submitted false personal data. The level of registrar’s responsibility for his partners’ operations and many other challenging and ambiguous issues which worry the global Internet community has been clarified.
Following the debate several priority directions have been selected. In particular, it was decided to describe in detail the verification process the registrar applies to the personal data which are submitted for domain registration and determine certain operational pattern which the registrar should follow in the event false data has been submitted. It has also been specified that in order to enhance the efficiency of the combat against illicit activities, while requirements to registrars and their partners (resellers) must be unified and the relations between them should be more transparent along the entire domain resale chain. In this connection the issue was raised that the registrar must be held fully responsible for its partner (reseller’s) actions. However, at the same time, the registrar’s rights should be expanded so that the registrar may annul accreditation of his partners in the event of infringement of the Terms and Conditions.
The fact the ICANN together with law enforcement agencies is engaged in ensuring safer Internet is vital for the global Internet community and, in particular, for the one in Russia. Today Russia may not only generate proper mechanisms for interaction for combating cybercrime but will be adopting international experience and share best practices with the global Internet community. Russian problems are far from been unique. They reside in the vein of the global trends and Russian Internet experts has long discussed them.
