The RIPE NCC receives information requests from Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and tries to facilitate the provision of any required publicly available information. The RIPE NCC does not provide any confidential or private information to LEAs without a court order or other legally enforceable order or request under Dutch law.
In 2019, the RIPE NCC received 60 information requests from LEAs, one of which was a binding order from a Dutch law enforcement authority. The number of requests increased slightly from 2018 due to mainly the fact that the RIPE NCC received repeated requests for the same type of information from the same party in the United States. As already mentioned in the 2018 report, the RIPE NCC investigated the reason for these requests and contacted the relevant party. Despite the fact that the role of the RIPE NCC and the procedure the RIPE NCC applies on receiving LEA requests was explained, the RIPE NCC still received further requests for the same type of information from this party.
LEA Request |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
For non-public information |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
For publicly available information |
9 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
For information the RIPE NCC does not have |
44 |
49 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
For information not related to the RIPE NCC |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
On whether the RIPE NCC can share non-public information |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Total |
60 |
51 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
Country of Origin |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andorra |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Austria |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Belarus |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Brazil |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Canada |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Czech Republic |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Denmark |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Germany |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
India |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
Italy |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Netherlands |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Poland |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Portugal |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Puerto Rico |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Russia |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Singapore |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
South Korea |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Spain |
2 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Ukraine |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
United Kingdom |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
United States |
39 |
38 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |