WHOIS privacy

[Derek Fong <fong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To whom it may concern:

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 strongly urge you to reject the proposal that would severely limit domain 
registrants from using proxy services to protect their identities from the 
wider Internet.

As the father of a young family and small business owner whose address is the 
same as that of my primary residence, I have strong motivations for keeping my 
contact information and physical address out of the permanent, public record 
that is the Internet. I want my privacy to be respected, as I would argue is 
the case for all law-abiding Internet users.

Absent a court order, the ability to protect the privacy of WHOIS information 
must remain in the hands of the domain registrants.

Thanks,

-f-