[WireWrap]

I haven't seen the NameCheap email, but I noticed that the savedomainprivacy.org petition contains:

That privacy providers should not be forced to reveal my private information without verifiable evidence of wrongdoing

Which sounds goods when you first read it. However, I think that wording might be interpreted by ICANN as an endorsement of privacy providers being the ones to decide what is "wrongdoing" and when registrant details get published or disclosed to requesters. Many people don't want information being published or disclosed unless there is a court order, subpoena, etc.

Perhaps the common point would be: pay close attention to what the different parties are proposing and make sure it is exactly what you want before you follow their lead.