ICANN - Scott Nonnenberg Says Respect Our Privacy

[Scott Nonnenberg <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

Private information should be kept private, unless there is a demonstrated 
need. And even then, it should go through the right channels.

The few times I failed to properly set up my personal and/or small business 
domain WHOIS information, I started getting mountains of spam. That's the most 
innocuous version of what could happen. For example, women are threatened 
online every day; we should make it as hard as possible to track them down in 
person.

Thank you.
Scott Nonnenberg