Chris,

Thankyou for your response.

In respect of point two. Was it not indicated by auDA to the industry
that restrictions *were* put in place so that it was *not* technically
possible for the hosting party to access AUNIC data?

I may be wrong. Kindly advise.

Regards,

Peter Ostenberg.




Original message from: "Chris Disspain" <ceo&#167;auda.org.au>
>
>Peter,
>
>Jo Lim has responded to your first point re privacy. Regarding your
other
>questions:
>
>2. Whilst it may be technically possible, to do so would be a
material
>breach of the agreement under which they are providing the hosting
services.
>
>3. Yes. And the tenders were evaluated independently and not by auDA.
>
>4. My preliminary checks indicate that NetRegistry's explanation is
correct.
>However, at present, Josh has raised an issue, Larry has responded
and Josh
>has now asked for further clarification. I assume that Larry will be
>responding to that as soon as possible. Then, if Josh wishes to
pursue the
>matter further or is not satisfied with the explanation, no doubt he
will
>contact me.
>
>Regards
>
>Chris Disspain
>CEO - auDA
>ceo&#167;auda.org.au
>+61-3-9226-9495
>www.auda.org.au
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Ostenberg [mailto:peterost&#167;start.com.au]
>Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2001 17:07
>To: dns&#167;auda.org.au
>Subject: Fw: [DNS] ING charging $250 non-refundable for .BIZ and
.INFO
>
>
>Chris Disspain, CEO, auDA,
>
>
>In light of recent list discussions in relation to information held
on
>the AUNIC database hosted for auDA by the commercial entity
>NetRegistry Pty Ltd, may I refer to the following reference:
>
>INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2000
>"PART 11A--INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2000 SCHEDULE 1
>THE INFORMATION PRIVACY PRINCIPLES
>4. Principle 4--Data Security
>4.1 An organisation must take reasonable steps to protect the
personal
>information it holds from misuse and loss and from unauthorised
>access, modification or disclosure.
>
>Clarification is required by community members and sought from you as
>CEO of auDA with respect to the following:
>
>1. Kindly advise the specific reasonable steps auDA have taken to
>comply with the Information Privacy Act 2000 in protecting data held
>on the AUIC database from misuse, loss, or unauthorised access.
>
>2. In their capacity as host is it possible that NetRegistry have
>access to bulk current consumer details residing on the AUNIC data
>base over and above that which is publically available via interfaces
>such as whois and aunicstatus ?
>
>3. As registrant and registrar of au.com was any possible conflict of
>interest investigated prior to acceptance by auDA of the AUNIC
hosting
>tender put forward by the commercial entity NetRegistry Pty Ltd?
>
>Furthermore, regarding your investigation following Josh Rowe's
>correspondence dated 16th August 2001, has such an investigation
>reached completion? and is there a time frame as to when publication
>of the resultant outcome may be expected? Did NetRegistry obtain
AUNIC
>data in an improper manner and use it for advertising purposes
>including, but not limited to, unsolicited emails? In fairness to
>NetRegistry and all .au registrants one would expect this issue to be
>clarified and documented by auDA as soon as practicable.
>
>A point of reference:
>"Key Objectives of auDA Interim Board Version 1.1"
>Preamble of the au Domain Administration
>Taking the view that the Internet Domain Name System is a public
>asset, and that the .au ccTLD is under the sovereign control of the
>Commonwealth of Australia, auDA will administer the .au ccTLD for the
>benefit of the Australian community.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Peter Ostenberg
>
>
>
>
>
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