ICANN - Respect Our Privacy

[Laurens Debackere <laurens.debackere@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): 

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. 

WHOIS-records are already being used by spammers and scammers to blackmail and 
hack people and their websites. Privacy should always be top priority. Owning a 
website shouldn't come at the cost of losing private info like your phone 
number, adress, e-mail, etc.


Private information should be kept private. Thank you.

Most Sincerely

Laurens Debackere
Web developer
BRU, Belgium

@laurensdeb