[arin-announce] ARIN to Delete “Orphaned” Point of Contact and Organization Records

[ARIN]

ARIN is moving forward with our plan to delete from the ARIN registry 
all Organizations (Orgs) and Points of Contact (POCs) that have been 
“orphaned” for two or more years. This project will fulfill two major 
obligations: to improve the accuracy and integrity of the registry data 
and to ensure that we are not retaining any data that is not necessary 
for ARIN business purposes.

An Organization is considered “orphaned” if it has no registered number 
resources.

A Point of Contact is considered “orphaned” if it:

- is not associated with any number resources
- AND is not associated with any organization
- OR is associated with an orphaned organization

We incorporated many of the suggestions received from the August 2018 
community consultation into the implementation plan. Much of the 
feedback received was already part of our existing criteria, but the 
following community suggestions have been integrated into the revised plan:

1. Incorporate the deletion of orphaned POCs into the POC validation 
process.
2. Notify orphaned POCs in advance of their deletion.
3. Archive all deleted POC and Organization data for possible recovery 
if needed.

In order to accommodate these suggestions, ARIN will modify the current 
POC validation email message to include a new statement notifying the 
POC that ARIN has a procedure in place to delete orphaned, unvalidated 
POCs after a two-year period of inactivity.

To ensure that all orphaned POCs are being notified of this new 
procedure, ARIN will also set up an email notification to orphaned POCs 
of reassignments/reallocations (i.e., POCs which are not presently being 
sent the annual validation emails). This email will notify them that 
ARIN has a new procedure in place to delete orphaned, unvalidated POCs 
after a two-year period of inactivity and that they have been identified 
as an orphaned POC that meets the defined criteria.

Details on the consultation and the feedback received can be found here:

https://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-consult/2018-August/subject.html

This project is slated to be implemented sometime in Q4 2019.

Regards,

John Curran
President & CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)