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Updated the personal information page with reviewed text from legal counsel. Fixes issue ietf-tools#2503.
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@@ -14,67 +14,79 @@ <h1>Personal Information in the Datatracker</h1>
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the goal and the mission of the IETF as follows:
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<samp class="preformatted small"> The goal of the IETF is to make the Internet work better.
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<samp class="preformatted small"> The goal of the IETF is to make the Internet work better.
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The mission of the IETF is to produce high quality, relevant
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technical and engineering documents that influence the way people
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design, use, and manage the Internet in such a way as to make the
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Internet work better. These documents include protocol standards,
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best current practices, and informational documents of various kinds.
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<!-- *** NOTE ***
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The following text has been reviewed by legal counsel (Thomas Zych)
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on Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:24:03 -0400
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*** DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT LEGAL REVIEW ***
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<p>
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In order to fulfil its mission, the IETF provides ways to distribute
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drafts, discuss them, ballot them, and otherwise process them to the
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point where they are considered ready for publication.
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In order to fulfil its mission, the IETF provides various ways to distribute
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and discuss Internet-Drafts, and otherwise process them until there is
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consensus that they are ready for publication.
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</p>
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<p>
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This makes the information in the draft documents, as well as
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contributions related to the draft documents and their processing, as
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This makes the information in the content of the draft documents, as well
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as contributions related to the draft documents and their processing as
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laid out in the "<a href="https://www.ietf.org/about/note-well/">Note
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Well</a>" statement, of legitimate interest to the IETF when it pursues
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its mission; not only in general terms, but specifically under Article
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6(1)&nbsp;f) of <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679#d1e1888-1-1">
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6(1)&nbsp;f) of
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<a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679#d1e1888-1-1">
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EU's General Data Protection Regulation </a>.
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The datatracker treats all personal information derived from draft documents and
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documents published as RFC accordingly, as well as personal information derived from
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processing draft documents through the IETF process. This includes author names,
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documents published as RFC, as well as personal information derived from
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processing draft documents through the IETF procedures, in accordance with
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applicable law, including the GDPR. This includes author names,
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email addresses and other address information provided in draft documents or as
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contact information for IETF roles such as Working Group chairs, secretaries,
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Area Directors and other roles.
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There is however personal information held in the datatracker which
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is not considered covered by Legitimate Interest. This information
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requires Consent for its storage and processing, and the person it
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relates to may at any time request its removal. This includes:
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There is however additional personal information held in the datatracker that
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is used for other purposes. This information requires the consent of the
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individuals whose information is stored and processed which IETF secures
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through various means, and the person it relates to may at any time request
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its correction or removal. This includes:
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<ul>
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<li>Personal photo</li>
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<li>Personal biography</li>
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<li>Personal email addresses not derived from IETF contributions</li>
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<li>Personal photograph or other likeness;</li>
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<li>Personal biography;</li>
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<li>Personal email addresses not derived from IETF contributions; and </li>
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<li>Personal account login information</li>
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Most of this information can be edited on their <a
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href="/accounts/profile/">Account Info</a> page by anybody with an
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Most of this information can be edited on the individual's
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<a href="/accounts/profile/">Account Info</a> page by anybody with an
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account. If the datatracker holds such information about a person, and
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they don't have an account, a request to the <a
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href="mailto:ietf-action@ietf.org">IETF secretariat</a> to change or
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remove the information will be honoured.
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remove the information will be honoured to the extent feasible and legally
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permitted.
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