Author: Kristin Weinberger

Abine, Inc., a Boston-based online privacy startup, provided NTIA with a tutorial on: online data collection; the data broker industry; and, "restrictions on developer innovation in the mobile privacy realm".

Topics to discuss

"Due to a lack of consumer awareness of the existence of data brokers, complex opt-outs, severe risks of harm, and an industry history of deceptive behavior, the current state of the data broker industry is unacceptable to consumers," argued Abine in recommending five areas for "clarification and investigation" through the multistakeholder process:

1. data accuracy;
2. opt-out definition and process;
3. transparency of data sources;
4. compliance and compliance assurance; and,
5. special care for high-risk groups, such as law enforcement professionals and individuals who have been stalked, abused or had their identities stolen.

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KURT PRITZ: Good morning, everybody. Can we take seats? Thank you for giving some of your valuable time to come to this session on the progress made in the implementation of rights protection mechanisms. We hope it's informative. You'll have the ability to ask questions at the end. It will describe work that's occurred in preparation for the launch of the new gTLDs and the implementation of the rights protection mechanisms and the work that's going to occur. Specifically, we're going to discuss the implementation of the Trademark Clearinghouse, which includes a trademark validation service and also database administration service and provides Sunrise and IP claim services for new registries; the Uniform Rapid Suspension system, which is a rapid take-down process. And, finally, we're starting with esoteric acronyms that almost exceed the ICANN limit for letter number. But Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Process, which is a remedy for those seeking a remedy directly against new registries rather than individual registrants that's operated under very careful standards.