iCANN - Respect Our Privacy

[Erin McKean <erin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.
Given the recent spate of threats, intimidation, harassment, and 
SWATting directed at women who dare to speak up online, ending the WHOIS 
privacy services will have a chilling effect on women's free speech and 
freedom of association online and off.
Private information should be kept private. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Erin McKean
founder, Wordnik
@emckean/@wordnik/@wordnikapi
the Wordnik mission: to share as much information as possible about as 
many words as possible with as many people as possible