ICANN - Respect Our Privacy

[Daniel Norris <shastao@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):
I urge you to respect internet users' rights to privacy and due process.

My girlfriend's father registered a domain name last year for a personal 
project without using a privacy service, and the house immediately got 
bombarded with junk phone calls for weeks until they figured out where 
the information leak was. Upon switching to a DNS privacy service, these 
calls have tapered off. Since DNS information is public information, 
there is nothing stopping the lowest of the low spammers, phishers and 
cold callers from repeatedly contacting the holders of domain names in a 
desperate attempt to pursue their business model in exploitation of the 
consequences of your policies.
Private information should be kept private. Thank you.

Daniel Norris