iCANN - Respect Our Privacy

[Mike Chabot <MChabot@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):

I urge you to respect internet users' rights to privacy and due process.

1.      Everyone deserves the right to privacy.

2.      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.

On a more personal note, I get relentlessly harassed by robo-callers quite 
literally the day I purchase a domain, and this is because I do not immediately 
institute WHOIS proxy protection; that said, once I receive 10 phone calls in 
10 hours for web design service, SEO optimization and a load of other nonsense, 
I purchase protective status because people will always abuse the personal 
information of others. Please do not needlessly subject me to this type of 
scrutiny.

Private information should be kept private. Thank you.

Mike Chabot
Softwate Engineer
mchabot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mchabot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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