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The primary function of the person records in the RIPE Database is to document the contact people for IP address space, Autonomous System Numbers, or routing-related records. While all the data in the RIPE Database can be viewed publicly, unnecessary public dispersal of the information may cause infringement of the privacy rights of individuals.
Periodic automatic deletion of person objects that are not referenced as a contact will help to reduce the amount of private data and free the resources consumed by them.
This clean-up was discussed on the Database Working Group mailing list, and previously presented as part of the development plans.
The proposed operation of periodically removing unreferenced person objects will consist of three steps:
The warning will be sent to the e-mail addresses in the "mnt-by:" or the "e-mail:" attributes of person objects.
Due to the initial high amount of unreferenced person objects, the time intervals mentioned above will not be observed for all person objects. In order to eliminate possible service outages, a limited amount of warnings will be mailed and a limited amount of person objects will be deleted every day.
No action needs to be taken by the recipient of the e-mail.