Well, then, that makes it just as bad for MU as it is for US. Owen
> On Apr 10, 2018, at 23:18 , Kris Seeburn <seebur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mauritius is signatory that’s where the safe harbour was put In place years > back. All BPOs in mauritius are holding EU citizen / resident data. the Data > Protection office will be fast tracking to look like ICO which is renamed > GDPR anyways. > > Kris > > On 11 Apr 2018, at 10:08, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com > <mailto:o...@delong.com>> wrote: > >> >> >>> On Apr 10, 2018, at 22:42 , Andrew Alston <andrew.als...@liquidtelecom.com >>> <mailto: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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Community-Discuss mailing list >> Community-Discuss@afrinic.net <mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net> >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >> <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss>
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