[ncc-services-wg] RIPE Database Bulk Access Service to be Cancelled as of 6 July 2010

[Apologies for duplicates]

Dear Colleagues,

We regret to inform you that due to European data protection laws, the  
RIPE NCC is now unable to provide the RIPE Database Bulk Access service.

The Bulk Access service will be discontinued on 6 July 2010 and all  
contracts relating to it will be cancelled as of this date.

All services provided by the RIPE NCC must abide by the restrictions  
imposed by data protection regulation. Due to the level of access to  
personal data in the RIPE Database provided to Bulk Access service  
users, we are no longer able to legally offer this service. For more  
information about personal data in the RIPE Database, please seethe  
RIPE Data Protection Task Force homepage at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/tf/dp/index.html

The Near Real Time Mirroring (NRTM) service offers similar  
functionality to the Bulk Access service but does not contain personal  
data. For more information about this and instructions on how to sign  
up for this service, please see:

http://www.ripe.net/db/support/about-nrtm.html

If you have any questions about the RIPE Database, the Bulk Access  
service or the NRTM service, please contact ripe-dbm at ripe.net.

Kind regards,

Paul Palse
-- 
Database Group Manager at RIPE NCC
http://www.ripe.net/info/ncc/contact.html