But in a classic bait-and-switch move, the GISAID board changed that policy after the database was up and running, and now they can sit on data as long as they want.
For instance, a database administrator can mistakenly implement a security policy that affects all of users of the service but actually contravenes the policies or rules that some customers need to abide by (due to above-mentioned national or industry rules).
Since 1998 Icann, a policy-making group, has controlled domain registration on the Net, logging new sites in an open database called Whois, but the data isn't verified, and even gobbledygook triggers no alarms.