Comments regarding Privacy & Proxy Services Accredidation Working Group

[Eli Bierman <eli@xxxxxxxx>]

To whom it may concern,

I'm writing to express my public concern with the issues in this working group. 
In order for free speech to have anywhere to speak, there must be a channel of 
communication that does not, by definition, compromise the privacy pr safety of 
that individual or organization. The proposed changes to enforce practices that 
inherently preclude anonymity, inject a layer of danger into the act of voicing 
a controversial idea on an ICANN accredited domain, a large part of the 
internet. 

I believe that the ability for small businesses to use independent privacy and 
proxy services is vital for the viability for small business owners to protect 
their individual privacy. 

I believe that privacy and proxy providers should only have to hand over 
private information if shown a court order for that information. 

Thank you for listening and responding to public input,

Eli Bierman