[ARIN-consult] Consultation on Orphaned Organization (Org) and Point of Contact (POC) Records

[Christoffer Hansen]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 at 21:15, Richard Laager <rlaager at wiktel.com> wrote:
>
> On 08/01/2018 01:44 PM, ARIN wrote:
> > The proposed procedure would result in the deletion and archival of all
> > Orgs and POCs that have been orphaned for 2 or more years.   This
> > procedure would be run on a quarterly basis initially, with the plan
> > being to move to a more frequent basis (such as monthly) once there is
> > operational experience.  All orphaned data will be removed from the
> > database and archived in perpetuity.  Note that deleted unique Org and
> > POC handles will not be re-utilized.
>
> This all sounds reasonable.
>
> If "archived in perpetuity" ever becomes undesirable, that can be
> addressed separately.

The RIPE NCC method of going about this in the aftermath of GDPR is
removing non-referenced objects (i.e. role/person/non-lir-org objects
not currently referenced from inetnum/inet6num/LIR-org objects) after
3 months of being orphaned. With no public archive of the removed
objects available after removal from the database.

RIPE NCC Labs Articles available here: https://labs.ripe.net/gdpr

/Christoffer