[Community-Discuss] AFRINIC and the GDPR

[Kris Seeburn]

Not quite bad it’s business and economic based. Most of the BPO companies are and have EU citizen /resident data and for the outsourcing to continue to operate within bounds and still survive. I do not think Mauritian government had any option than to go forward with this. Now the agreement with EU alignment dates way back in 2006 if i recall. It was also because of EU business operations which wanted to ensure that Mauritius was a signatory and aligned with safe harbour principles and data protection and privacy rules.

A small island which needs various economic sectors to be economically viable does not have any options. Mauritius benefits heavily from the EU. Pot luck….

> On Apr 11, 2018, at 20:01, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <seeburn.k at gmail.com <mailto:seeburn.k at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On 11 Apr 2018, at 10:08, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com <mailto:owen at delong.com>> wrote:
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>>>> On Apr 10, 2018, at 22:42 , Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com <mailto:Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com>> wrote:
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>>>> 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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