ICANN - Respect Our Privacy

[Ak <ak37165@xxxxxxxxx>]

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): 

The world needs entrepreneurs to create jobs and grow the economy. Please do 
not make it harder for moonlighters to start businesses. A growing  economy 
will also help ICANN and existing businesses.  

Open Whois access will also make it harder to keep trade secrets. If a 
university professor starts a stealth startup, the whoIs info will give away 
the professor's identity which in turn reveals their research area and that 
says a lot about the likely technology (trade secret) behind the startup. 

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.