[db-wg] Fwd: proposal: new attribute 'geofeed:

Hi guys

GDPR applies to the entire RIPE Database because the RIPE NCC, who
operate the database, is based in the EU. It does not matter where the
data subject or data maintainer is based.

cheers
denis
co-chair DB-WG

On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 13:43, Nick Hilliard via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
>
> Randy Bush via db-wg wrote on 10/01/2021 23:36:
> > as today's legal authority, can you tell me if gdpr applies to all parts
> > of the british isles?  asking for a friend.
>
> If you're referring to the UK, the EU GDPR no longer applies there, at
> least not since our close colleagues left the EU. They still use the UK
> Data Protection Act 2018, which is based on the EU GDPR though, and
> which provides full equivalence.
>
> The EU GDPR does apply to the Republic of Ireland (which remains part of
> the EU), but not Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.
>
> UK post codes only identify the area where someone lives, so cannot be
> used to identify individuals, and therefore would be unlikely to be
> covered by the UK Data Protection Act 2018.  OTOH, each RoI postcode
> identifies an exact building, so there would be a case that there were
> GDPR implications there.
>
> Nick
>