ICANN - Robert Larkin Says Respect Our Privacy

[Robert Larkin <rhlarkin@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):
At a time when bad actors, AKA "trolls", are using on-line information 
to harass, bully and intimidate individual website owners, including 
people who create non-commercial sites to express their personal joys 
and creativity, not to mention many young people learning to use the 
internet as a tool, eliminating the simple protection offered by proxies 
creates a clear and present danger to many domain name owners, and it 
puts ICANN in the position of supporting trolls over innocent domain owners.
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.

Robert Larkin
owner of larkinsite.net
rhlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx