The initial report of ICANN's Expert Working Group has recommended that the present form of Whois, a utility that allows anyone to know who has registered a domain name on the Internet, be scrapped. It recommends it be replaced with a system that keeps information secret from most Internet users, and only discloses information for “permissible purposes”.[49] ICANN’s list of permissible purposes includes Domain name research, Domain name sale and purchase, Regulatory enforcement, Personal data protection, Legal actions, and Abuse mitigation.[50] Whois has been a key tool of investigative journalists interested in determining who was disseminating information on the Internet.[51] The use of whois by the free press is not included in the list of permissible purposes in the initial report.
(SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)
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