Why WHOIS privacy matters

[Anirvan Chatterjee <anirvan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have helped activists run a website that helps publicize the actions of an 
exploitative foreign organization to potential victims. This organization has 
indicated that it wants the website shut down.

Without strong domain privacy, I fear that they could claim trademark or 
copyright infringement (e.g. in photos that include the organization's logo) as 
a way to get access to the personal contact information and home address of 
their critics, putting victims and activists at risk.

In my experience, without the robust guarantee of domain privacy, it becomes 
significantly riskier for individuals to safely advocate against exploitative 
organizations online.

-- 
Anirvan Chatterjee