> On Apr 10, 2018, at 22:42 , Andrew Alston <andrew.als...@liquidtelecom.com> > wrote: > > Hi AfriNIC Board, > > Can this board please *urgently* inform this community as to what > preparations they have made as regards to compliance with the General Data > Protection Regulations passed by the European Commision and the board will be > in a position to give this community a full and complete report as to their > GDPR compliance status and what will be changing before the 25th of May to > ensure that when the GDPR comes into force AfriNIC is compliant.
Is Mauritius signatory to some treaty making them subject to GDPR? > Considering that the regulation comes into force on the 25th of May 2018 – > and AfriNIC is 100% holding data of EU Citizens, which makes them subject to > the regulations irrespective of the fact that they are domiciled in Mauritius > – this is an urgent and critical issue. It has direct impact on the whois > database, abuse contact information, handling of data submitted during > application process and potentially even the proposed review policy, just to > name a few things that I can think of off the top of my head – and cannot be > ignored. I would in fact have liked to have seen discussions by the board in > the minutes that have been published about the GDPR long before now – > considering the impact – but failing that – the question is now being asked. It’s not about EU Citizens. It’s about EU Residents. (Common misconception about GDPR). Further, unless your in a silly country that was dumb enough to sign a treaty extending EU’s legal reach into your sovereignty, such as the stupid congress of the united States, then you can offer the EU a nice big Italian sign language gesture regarding their GDPR and continue on with business as usual. Owen
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