[db-wg] PERSON objects in the RIPE Database
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Alexander Stranzky
astranzky at velia.net
Thu Sep 20 14:57:01 CEST 2018
On 20/09/2018 15:04, denis walker via db-wg wrote: > Colleagues, > > I will start with a blunt question, then give some arguments for my > concern. In May the RIPE NCC told me there are?more than 2 million > PERSON objects in the RIPE Database. That is almost 25% of the objects > in the database. Who are these people and why do we hold so much > personal data? Hello, I suspect that many of these objects are old (pre-API) and/or duplicates. Before RIPE had a REST API (and I can't tell how many ISPs still use emails to create their resources) automatically fetching, linking, and updating a RIPE object was a pain (as is the current situation with APNIC) and likely involved someone to create the email personally. Hence going the easy route--making new entries every time. Regards, Alexander Stranzky -- velia.net Internetdienste GmbH * Hessen-Homburg-Platz 1 * 63452 Hanau Geschäftsführer: Franz G. Köhler, Arek Akilli * AG Hanau * HRB 7588 Tel: +49 6181 1898119 * http://www.velia.net
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