Michael Geist, the Canadian law professor who specialises in internet
law issues, is critical of CIRA's new Whois privacy policy in his
latest column.Previously supporting the policy, Geist writes "special interests representing law enforcement and trademark holders were quietly pressuring CIRA to create a back door that will enable these two groups to have special access to registrant information. Just days before the new policy took effect, CIRA caved to the behind-the-scenes pressure and took a major step backward in the implementation of its policy." To read this column by Michael Geist in full, see www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/451461.