HI The RIPE NCC was asked to investigate the increasing number of unreferenced person and role objects in the RIPE Database. This is personal data that is not relevant to the purpose of the RIPE Database. We have now done this investigation covering the last 5 years. The results were surprising. We found that one organisation is responsible for most of the unreferenced person and role objects created in the RIPE Database this year. They are also responsible for a large percentage of the unreferenced person and role objects created in the RIPE Database over the last 5 years. These are the actual figures: organisation X unreferenced person/role objects created compared with total unreferenced person/role objects created for each year. year X Total 2007 109031 134986 81% (Till October 31) 2006 13188 51393 26% 2005 13139 56006 24% 2004 12841 78204 16% 2003 98 38656 0.25% (from June 1) Total 148297 359245 41% Current total unreferenced person/role objects is 553572 of these 26.8% are from organisation X We have contacted this member organisation for an explanation and asked for permission to delete all these objects in one step. Regards Denis Walker RIPE NCC