For what it is, namecheap is quite good. As far as we tested (I work in gambling), they really throw government requests to the trashcan unless it is US gov issued, so unless you do something the bald eagles do not like, you can reasonably assume you will be fine.  They do offer privacy hiding just as any other registar, but I would be cautious and not rely only on that considering your local gov seems to be very trigger happy. Since 1.1.2024, namecheap (or any other .com/.net/us domain registar) is obliged to pass on your actual user info to ICANN, which may be a 2nd angle for your home folk.