RFC 1295

RFC 1295: User Bill of Rights for entries and listings in the Public Directory 💖

Okay bestie, here's the paperwork up top so you know who's who 📄:

• Written by: The North American Directory Forum (NADF) 🌸
• Stream: Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1295
• Date: January 1992 📅
• Category: Informational. It shares info with the Internet community and doesn't specify an Internet standard 🫶
• Obsoletes / Updates: nothing listed, so it doesn't claim to obsolete or update anything 🙈

Status of this Memo ✨

So this memo just provides information for the Internet community. It doesn't specify an Internet standard, and distribution is unlimited 🦋

Abstract 🎀

This RFC is a near-verbatim copy of a document called NADF-265, which the North American Directory Forum (NADF) produced. Iconic sourcing, honestly 💅

The mission of the North American Directory Forum is to provide interconnected electronic directories that empower users with unprecedented access to public information 🌈 To deal with some seriously big security and privacy issues, the NADF introduces the following "User Bill of Rights" for entries in the Public Directory. As a user, you have:

• I. The right not to be listed. 🙈
• II. The right to have you or your agent informed when your entry is created. 📣
• III. The right to examine your entry. 👀
• IV. The right to correct inaccurate information in your entry. ✏️
• V. The right to remove specific information from your entry. 🧹
• VI. The right to be assured that your listing in the Public Directory will comply with US or Canadian law regulating privacy or access information. ⚖️
• VII. The right to expect timely fulfillment of these rights. ⏰

Scope of Intent - User Bill of Rights 🧚

The North American Directory Forum is a collection of service providers that plan to offer a cooperative directory service in North America. They're making it happen by interconnecting electronic directories using a set of internationally developed standards known as the CCITT X.500 series. Teamwork makes the dream work 🫶

In this context, the "Directory" is the whole collection of electronic directories run by both service providers and private operators. When an entry with information about a user is listed in the Directory, that information can be accessed unless security and privacy controls restrict it 🔐

A portion of the Directory, The Public Directory, holds information meant for public dissemination 📢 Other portions of the Directory may hold information that isn't intended for public access, which is very much a private girl move 🤫 A user or the user's agent may choose to list information in the Public Directory, a private directory, or some combination. For example, a user might publicly list a telephone number or an electronic mail address, and might set aside other information for specific private use 💜

The User Bill of Rights is about the Public Directory, period 💅

Security Considerations 💀

Security issues are not discussed in this memo. 😭

Author's Address 📮

North American Directory Forum
c/o Theodore H. Myer
Rapport Communication
3055 Q Street NW
Washington, DC  20007

Phone: +1 202-342-2727

EMail: 0004454742@mcimail.com