Re: Changes we'd make to EPP

Theo Kramer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.provreg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 17 Jan 2012, at 8:12 PM, Klaus Malorny wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> interesting discussion so far, just want to throw in two points
> 
> - depending on the data protection regulations of the country in which
>  the registry is located, unused personal data needs to be deleted
>  after some time. So registries may actually have no other choice
>  if they take data protection serious.
> 
> - I just had an insane idea to avoid poll messages about the deletion of
>  contacts -- you may forget it just after you have finished
>  reading it (or even before): One could introduce an expiration date for
>  contacts. If a contact is created, it is set to one year in the future.
>  As long as the contact is used at least by one object, it is automatically
>  renewed, let's say a quarter before it expires. The registrar can either
>  track the expiration date (and perform a contact:info/check to check
>  its existence in case his recorded expiration date is in the past)
>  or simply create new contacts, as many registrars do it today.
>  For the registry, if the contact passes its expiration date, it is
>  simply deleted by the registry without any further fuss.
> 
>  There are also some design options to keep the effort in the registrar's
>  database low, e.g. synthesize the expiration date dynamically while the
>  contact is being used.

+1
-- 
Regards
Theo

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