On 2019 Apr 09 (Tue) at 11:28:19 +0200 (+0200), Jan Ingvoldstad wrote: :On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 11:16 AM Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org> wrote: : :> :> Concrete suggestion: :> I think that person objects should have the address and phone attributes :> be changed from mandatory to optional. :> : :And that means optional as in opt-in, not opt-out. : Correct. :> It may also be worthwhile for there to be a *private* way to register :> addresses with RIPE NCC so they can use it for verification without :> violating the privacy of natural persons. :> : :Yup. : :Additionally, in the cases where all contact objects are personal with :contact information hidden, there needs to be an abuse object that can be :used. The quality of actually usable abuse contact information is :regrettably low across RIR databases, contact information quality is not a :RIPE specific problem. : I strongly disagree, but that is another topic. -- Bennett's Laws of Horticulture: (1) Houses are for people to live in. (2) Gardens are for plants to live in. (3) There is no such thing as a houseplant.