iCANN - Respect Our Privacy

[Eric <evirtmail-dns@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):

The basic problem we the citizens have with opening WHOIS information is 
internet name owners will no longer be protected from others abusing 
information stored in the WHOIS database. If a government agency indeed NEEDS 
to know the owner of the internet name; it can always find out with court 
order. By publicizing WHOIS, innocent internet name owners are SEVERELY EXPOSED 
to bad people!!!! - most can't afford alternative resources to protect 
themselves from evils lurking.
I urge you to respect internet users' rights to privacy and due process. 
- Everyone deserves the right to privacy.
- No ones 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.

    ... Eric