iCANN - Domain Privacy comment

["Clay Cowgill" <clay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear ICANN - 

I'm a small business owner working from home.  I have already experienced
problems with phishing and ID theft based on data mined from online
databases-- removing domain privacy protection from WHOIS searches for my
websites will be yet another goldmine for online thieves and scammers.

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. 

-Clay

Clay Cowgill
Embedded Engineering, LLC