ICANN - Respect Our Privacy

[Charles Neill <cneill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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):

Disclosure of WHOIS information could easily lead to all kinds of spam, 
harassment, and more for domain owners. If there is a legitimate reason to 
expose the domain owner's personal information, a warrant should be required to 
compel domain privacy providers to hand over this information. Any proposal 
that would expose WHOIS information without requiring a warrant is VERY likely 
to be used as a tool for censorship and bullying, and should be rejected 
outright.

Thank you,
Charles Neill