ICANN - Respect Our Privacy

[JFBaker <jfbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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): 

Please 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. 

Despite the sense of this being a minor change, it is likely to have major 
implications, in that it sets a precedent for the next evolutionary step that 
the web takes. 

Privacy is important - a court order has historically been the barrier for 
revealing a person's identity, and it should remain that way. 

Thank you for your time ;-) 

Sincerely - Jerome Baker


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