Data privacy

The last couple of years have accelerated the transformation not just of our economy, but of the way that we use the internet. For an ever-increasing population, there’s a digital-first approach to …

We have updated our data in a number of ways in preparation for the rollout of iCloud Private Relay . We have worked with Apple’s to ensure that our data accurately reflects how Private Relay works …

Reasons For Changes

MaxMind has always been committed to an individual’s right to privacy on the internet. We welcome the burgeoning privacy regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, for the benefit …

Anonymous IP addresses (sometimes incorrectly generalized as “proxies”) serve to hide a web user’s true IP address and obfuscate their geolocation. There are legitimate reasons, usually related to …

When it comes to fraud detection, finding proxies is a big topic. But why? Fraud detection begins with thinking intelligently about the IP address associated with a transaction. Where is that IP …