ICANN - David Foster Says Respect Our Privacy

[David Foster <davidfstr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello ICANN,

My understanding is that new rules are being proposed that would 
disallow WHOIS protection providers from posting an intermediate contact 
address for website operators, instead forcing website operators to post 
their own address publicly - often which is their primary residence.
This makes it unsafe to be a website operator if one cares about their 
physical privacy, which is likely to turn away a lot of individuals from 
creating their own website, which would be unfortunate.
There do exist other intermediary services available that avoid posting 
one's physical address, such as PO Boxes. However these are typically a 
lot more expensive that the traditional WHOIS protection providers, and 
smaller potential website operators may deem it not worth the cost.
Please do not disallow WHOIS protection services from operating.

Thank you for your time.

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David Foster
Site Operator (dafoster.net)