ICANN - Phil Says Respect Our Privacy

[Philip Steele <philosophicguy@xxxxxx>]

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):

Many of us have undertaken domain registration with the understanding that our 
personal information will not be exposed publicly.  To change this 
retroactively would be a violation of the agreement that we made with the 
registrars.

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.

Phil Steele