ICANN - Please require court order protection for *all* whois contact points.

[Steve Medrick <smedrick@xxxxxxx>]

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):
This is a personal, but informed, opinion of a 23 yr veteran of the IT 
industry who has been running BIND DNS since the mid 90s.
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.

-steve

Steve Medrick