ICANN - François-R Boyer Says Respect Our Privacy

[François-R Boyer <Francois-R.Boyer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear ICANN, 

Badly intentioned people got my personal information, most probably from WHOIS 
data, to call me at home and ask to modify my computer configuration. I 
understand that WHOIS data should be accessible in some situations for law 
enforcement, but having it publicly exposed is a threat to our privacy. As my 
domain name could be considered as partly used for "business", I am concerned 
by the proposed rules that could prevent me from using WHOIS privacy services. 

Private information should not be accessible. People needing to contact the 
owner of a domain name should do it either through the publicly available 
addresses (those voluntarily given on the associated web site, or through 
standard webmaster@ or contact@ email addresses), or indirectly through the 
WHOIS privacy service (without obtaining the private information). The private 
information should only be given with a court order (even law enforcement 
agencies should require a court order to obtain the information). 

Thank you, 
François