ICANN - A personal request for privacy

[Dean Machikas <cmachikas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear ICANN –

Regarding the proposed rules governing companies that provide WHOIS privacy
services (as set forth in the Privacy and Policy Services Accreditation
Issues Policy document):

I urge you to respect internet users' rights to privacy and due process.
- Everyone deserves the right to privacy.
- No one’s personal information should be revealed without a court order,
regardless of whether the request comes from a private individual or law
enforcement agency.

I run a small, low traffic website for a Ingress / Geocaching / Gaming
group that is very successful. Personal information security is very
important to me - people are constantly attempting to penetrate, harass,
and bully members and myself, personally. Having my private, personal
address on the web would be a huge issue, and I would even consider pulling
the website if this was a requirement. Doesn't this go against the very
nature of why websites are great? Anyone can create content and post it for
all to see, but that doesn't mean addresses and PPI need to be associated
with that.

Private information should be kept private. Thank you.

Dean Machikas