8. Privacy Considerations

This section preserves the RFC text for RDAP RIR search, including rirSearch1, ips, autnums, ipSearchResults, autnumSearchResults, relation links, JSON examples, response behavior, reverse search, conformance, and IANA registrations.

Original RFC Text

8.  Privacy Considerations

   The search functionality defined in this document may affect the
   privacy of entities in the registry (and elsewhere) in various ways:
   see [RFC6973] for a general treatment of privacy in protocol
   specifications, and [RFC7481] for specific discussion about privacy
   threats with respect to the registration data provided by RDAP.
   Server operators should be aware of the tradeoffs that result from
   implementation of this functionality.

   Many jurisdictions have laws or regulations that restrict the use of
   "Personal Data", per the definition in [RFC6973].  Given that, server
   operators should ascertain whether the regulatory environment in
   which they operate permits implementation of the functionality
   defined in this document.