ICANN - Respect Our Privacy

["M Adkturn" <adkturn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 reason private information should be kept private and only disclosed 
pursuant to a court order is simple: COURTS OF LAW are the LEGAL established 
referees in any dispute. For ICANN to give out my private information on the 
basis of a mere phone call from a complainant -- who could be business rival, 
personal enemy or some anonymous stalker with a vendetta -- is to SURRENDER the 
RULE OF LAW. 

This is an abominable idea to reveal personal data to anyone without a court 
order. It is one more step in the direction of abandoning -- not preserving -- 
the rule of law and should be dropped in the ashcan.