I would like to underline the fact that the data commissioners commented in some of their earliest (2000) correspondence with ICANN that it was not acceptable to organize a directory in such a way as to allow reverse directory lookup, in other words what are all the domains that an individual has registered.  There is no legitimate purpose for that search capability to be available to the wider public.   This does not of course mean that bona fide investigators should not be allowed to do that.

I realize that idea seems quaint these days in the age of google, but back then it was not a crazy idea....

cheers Stephanie

As we tend to get lost in the thick and nitty gritty from time to time, this recent article should remind us what we are working for:

mashable.com/2017/02/07/sean-spicer-who-is

also here: http://domainnamewire.com/2017/02/08/sean-spicer-brings-attention-whois-privacy/

While it could not have hit a nicer guy, he completely and accurately followed policy and look where it lead. Hi private address and telephone number as well as email address known to the world, other domains he registered for himself and his family published, etc. As his email address was compromised in no less than three leaks (plus one honorable mention on Wikileaks), and he recently tweeted his password, it may even be possible to dig deeper.

I hope this helps remind folks that getting private data out of the public view is a good thing.