Re: [dmarc-ietf] Ticket #64 - Contained Data PII Concerns

[John Levine <[e-mail]>]

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>Hello folks,
>
>In ticket #64 (https://trac.ietf.org/trac/dmarc/ticket/64), it was suggested that a Privacy Considerations section may alleviate
>some concerns about the ownership of the data.  I created an initial attempt, and thought to get some feedback.  I didn't think
>we should go too far in depth, or raise corner cases.  Felt like doing so could lead down a rabbit hole of trying to cover all
>cases. This would go within a "Privacy Considerations" section.
>
>* Data Contained Within Reports (#64)
>
>Within the reports is contained an aggregated body of anonymized data pertaining
>to the sending domain.  The data is meant to aid the report processors
>and domain holders in verifying sources of messages pertaining to the
>5322.From Domain.  The data should not contain any identifying
>characteristics about individual senders or receivers.  An entity
>sending reports should not be concerned with the data contained as
>it should not contain PII (NIST reference for PII definition), such as email addresses or
>usernames.
>
>Does this seem a reasonable start?  Thanks for your time.

It's not clear which kind of report this is talking about.

If it's aggregate reports, they contain IP addresses of mail servers and domain names 
of SPF and DKIM identifiers, but nothing about the e-mail address or IP of the original senders.

If it's failure reports, they contain as much or as little as the reporter includes, possibly
an entire message sent by someome who may or may not be connected to the domain that receives the report.