ICANN - Daniel Adkins Says Respect Our Privacy

[Dan Adkins <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.
*Even using privacy services, I get several spam emails a day, most of 
which are domain registration or domain renewal scams.  By removing 
WHOIS privacy, you will be increasing spam and fraud and putting 
individuals in danger as your requirement for real information exposes 
domain holders to government thugs (in certain jurisdictions), thugs who 
disagree with things done on the website (in all jurisdictions), and 
stalkers (in all jurisdictions).  To use the internet vernacular, by 
removing WHOIS privacy, you are Doxing every domain holder and may end 
up with blood on your hands if they get SWATTED, or killed by someone 
who disagrees with their business.**
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Private information should be kept private.
Thank you.
Daniel Adkins