ICANN punts on WHOIS Privacy Proposal

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has postponed approval of a change to the WHOIS database of Web site name registrants proposed by privacy advocates until further studies are undertaken.

According to Brian Krebs' article in the Washington Post,

The changes would have given Web site owners the ability to shield their identities online and, indirectly, cut spammers off from an easy-to-mine database of legitimate e-mail addresses.

See Slashdot article.