ICANN - Respect Our Privacy

["Boyd Newsome" <emailme.boyd@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. 
- 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. 

I will vehemently oppose any change to current privacy policies. This should
not even be considered. I will be watching to see how this organization
handles this responsibility and will strongly support any organizational
change of authority if you organization does not continue to respect
privacy. 

Thank you. 

Dr. Boyd Newsome