This year the spam fighting collective with Knujon at the lead, have scored yet more victories. Those of you who got involved by sending Knujon your spam can congratulate yourselves — several key ICANN rules have been passed.
If you’ve followed the Safe Netting column, then you’ve met Knujon, and read about the past year’s developments in the world of spam and online crime. Last year they scored several major victories in spam fighting, including shutting down several of the rogue proxy server providers — which resulted in a huge fall in the volume of spam. They also brought enough pressure on ICANN that some registrar policy came under scrutiny and even a few changes were made.
March 7 ICANN meeting in Mexico City
KnujOn is now an At-Large advisor to ICANN which means they can help shape policy and guide Internet development in ways that benefit the consumer. It also means that ICANN and the Registrars have to treat them, and those they represent (YOU,) more seriously. During the recent six-day ICANN conference Knujon authored recommendations, presented at e-crime sessions, argued with Registrars, conferred with ICANN staff, and observed the passage of policy changes we fought hard for.
Working Group on Transparency and Accountability of ICANN
Through the At-Large Summit Knujon participated in the development of a recommendation document on Transparency and Accountability which generally requires that ICANN publishes more information, more frequently and in more languages. KnujOn specifically included this language in the working group document:
“Policy enforcement and process: In order to provide transparency and accountability the full lifecycle of complaint procedures compliance requirements, follow-up, enforcement and appeals must completely documented and consistent for each case. What is required of the contracted party, including a timeline for compliance and related correspondence, should be made available for public review. Additionally, statistics for compliance and non-compliance should be posted regularly. To address these issues generally, special metrics should be developed and continuously analyzed for the purpose ofimproving the compliance system. Regular compliance audits and improvement goals will help this effort. If ICANN staff is unable to handle a high volume of complaints, this would be exposed and additional resources could be allocated.”
The point of which is to ensure that the procedure of policy enforcement in transparent, adequate resources are assigned to policy enforcement, and metrics are used to measure effectiveness. Full information:
Passage of Registrar Location Disclosure Clause
This is a major victory for all of us. A change to the Registrar contract Knujon began pushing for last year, requiring Registrars to disclose their location, is now part of the new Registrar Accreditation Agreement along with dozens of other changes to the main contract that create new oversight of the Registrar industry:
You can follow all the developments at : www.knujon.com/news
