ICANN - Peter Wright Says Respect Our Privacy

[Peter Wright <me@peter.works>]

Dear ICANN, 

I am writing to you today 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 strongly urge you to respect my right to privacy and due process. My specific 
concerns are:
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.
The contact details contained within the WHOIS information is entirely 
sufficient to get in contact with the owner of the domain: WHOIS privacy 
services forward communication on to the owner but protect their sensitive 
personal contact information.
Everyone deserves the right to privacy.
Particularly with the recent explosion of online “trolls", “SWATting” and 
predatory lawsuits, whether personal contact information is made available 
should not be up to a private organisation but instead should be protected by 
the existing public court systems which have been set up with the necessary 
checks and balances in place for dealing with these matters in a way which can 
be publicly scrutinised.
Private information should be kept private. Thank you.

- Peter