ICANN - Melvin Shaffer Says Respect Our Privacy

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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.

Private information should be kept private. Thank you.

Exposing the private WHOIS information will not make anyone safer. It will
only open those individuals to harassment. There are already rules and
procedures in place for law enforcement to obtain that information through
due process and the execution of a warrant.

-Melvin Shaffer