ICANN - Rasoyna Pearce Says Respect Our Privacy

["R. Pearce" <ffyrebird@xxxxxxxxx>]

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. 

You should realize many people on the Internet choose privacy for safety 
reasons.  Many web entrepreneurs and bloggers are women operating a small 
business from their home.  Releasing their private information can and will 
open them up to potentially dangerous situations.  Someone who disagrees with 
their views, dislikes their product, is a competitor, etc will now have the 
information to threaten them, their family and residence.  Releasing this 
private information will open the floodgates for threatening, stalking, and 
terrorizing vulnerable women.  It will have a chilling effect on women-owned 
small businesses and blogs on the Internet.
Protect women, keep our private information private.
Private information should be kept private. Thank you.


PS:  Many people over share on the Internet relying on their privacy settings 
to keep them safe.  Many bloggers and mommy businesses on the Internet post on 
their blogs when they will be away for vacation.  If you release their Whois 
private information you are forcing them to broadcast their address to all 
leaving the residence of home based businesses and blogs vulnerable to 
criminals.
Keep us and our homes safe, keep our private information private.

Rasoyna Pearce