For what it's worth, .us is the ccTLD for the United States, and policies for it like "You can't hide your WHOIS info" would be set by the US government, not by GoDaddy. GoDaddy Registry as the backend registry service provider isn't setting the policies for a ccTLD.
> policies for it like "You can't hide your WHOIS info" would be set by the US government
I have actually checked this, and you're (partially) wrong on this one. To be fair, I was also wrong that GoDaddy (within limitations set by the Department of Commerce) has free reign here. The actual process is more boring: while the US DOC has veto powers, in practice it's the .US Stakeholder Council (https://www.about.us/stakeholders) which decides on matters about .US policies.
