ICANN Urged To Take International And Security Rules Seriously By Council Of Europe

The Council of Europe released a Declaration encouraging the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ('ICANN'), when developing policies for the Internet's domain name system, to consider international privacy, security and human rights laws and policies. The Council has no legal power to force any changes on ICANN, but, having official observer status within ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee, can offer detailed advice.

In its Declaration, the Council were keen to emphasise...