• IP attorneys seeking to prevent consumer harm and fraud by tracking down domains supporting counterfeit products.
• Online Security researchers trying to understand and protect the public from cyberattacks and misinformation by understand the source of attacks.
• First responders such as key government agencies looking for more information about domain owners so they can respond to cybersecurity incidents more effectively.

These are some of the scenarios driving the need for a more efficient way to allow access to registration data in a manner that enables these valid and important scenarios while protecting registrars from the liability brought by bad actors.