I was halfway through buying from namecheap, when I kind of felt odd about giving all of my details over to an American company. I know it's probably pretty biased of me, but after everything that's happened recently I thought I might have some tiny smidgen of legal protection if I went with a British company. I'm not an American citizen, so I don't feel like I would have any rights if there ever was a problem with my domain. It's not that I think I'm going to do anything that would warrant shutting down my domain name, but it's one of those things that just makes you think twice. p.s. I'm well aware how terrible my own country's surveillance methods are, but at least I'm considered to be a citizen here.