[2shortplanks]

We apologize for not providing more notice. The CCPA was finalized in October, and it contains a number of ambiguities, particularly as it relates to our products. To arrive at our current interpretation, it has taken many weeks of working with privacy lawyers, following discussions in the privacy community, and observing actions other companies have taken. We're sorry for the timing, appreciating the frustration it causes, and wish we could have provided more notice.

MaxMind will provide immediate notification of Do Not Sell requests via the https://www.maxmind.com/en/accounts/current/do-not-sell-requ... page on our website (login required).

Future builds of the database will exclude those IP addresses by introducing the "split ranges" you describe.

Hope that helps.

Mark Fowler MaxMind

[gav]

Given that for home users, IP address assignment is temporary, is there a plan to add them back after some time has elapsed?

[maxmindjason]

Yes. We will add them back if we are confident they've been reallocated.

Jason Ketola MaxMind

[yardstick]

Will it be possible for malicious users to inflate the size of the database dramatically by submitting thousands/millions of Do Not Sell IPs?

Also, what’s the procedure a user needs to go through before adding an IP to the Do Not Sell list? How do you determine the users authority to make a change? I didn’t see any info on the notice itself. Hopefully you require the user to show extended “ownership” of the IP over the course of a month or more, lest users on dynamic IPs and temporary AWS/GCP/etc IPs are submitted for removal.

[maxmindjason]

The procedure is indicated in our privacy policy: https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy-policy. We do have a vetting process in place.

Jason Ketola MaxMind

[kyledrake]

Mark, what's the best way to programmatically download the files? I created an account, but I need something I can do easily with cURL.

edit: This is it: https://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download?edition_id=G...

Use a license key generated in "my license key" section. Use quotes if in shell.

[crazygringo]

Thanks for the clarity and explanation -- totally appreciate that this was a challenge to figure out legally.

And thanks also for keeping the database itself up!