[db-wg] PERSON objects in the RIPE Database

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

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