Your address is part of the public record for your domain registrations. Think about it the other way around. Suppose you need to serve a legal document to the

Your address is part of the public record for your domain registrations. Think about it the other way around. Suppose you need to serve a legal document to the owners of a web site you are having problems with - you need the address. Not being able to contact a web site owner would be a bad thing - right? Your credit card security is hardly being undermined by a public record of your address is it?