[db-wg] Fwd: proposal: new attribute 'geofeed:

As far as I'm aware, since IP addresses _can_ uniquely identify a person
(think of static IPs offered by some ISPs), it is considered personal data
by authorities.

GDPR leaves a huge grey area that is up to interpretation, which in
practice boils down to companies trying to avoid even said grey area and
keeping a very strict GDPR policy. Been there, done that (doing that, in
fact). Painful as it is, that's the law.

Agoston


On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 7:36 AM Michael Kafka via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net>
wrote:

> On 2021-01-08 18:15, Randy Bush via db-wg wrote:
> >> If the geofeed doesn't contain the above mentioned means to directly
> >> or indirectly identify a natural person then GDPR don't apply,
> >> especially if the geofeed refers only to a country or province.
> >
> > note that the geofeed spec, RFC8805, is separate from the rpsl-based
> > means to find the geofeed files, draft-ietf-opsawg-finding-geofeeds.
>
> that wouldn't make a difference here. if the RIPE database points
> immediately to personal information GDPR applies.
>
> > i was not involved in the geofeed spec, but it was done by friends of
> > the family who gossip :)
> >
> > i was told that the reason there is no postal code in the geofeed file
> > spec is because, in some cases, it resolves with sufficient precision to
> > identify individuals.
> >
> > randy
>
>
> the precision of postal codes (e.g. in great britain) is a good point!
>
> MiKa
>
>
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