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Improvements to GeoIP, bug fix for static IP score, ISP name change #1066

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Subscribe to the [GeoIP2 release notes RSS feed](/geoip/release-notes/rss.xml).
</Alert>

<ReleaseNote date="2023-11-29" title="Improved postal resolution and accuracy in GeoIP products and services">

Over the past two weeks, we have introduced improved postal code resolution for
all GeoIP products and services with city-level data, especially for large
cities. GeoIP customers should see more diverse postal codes for IP addresses
geolocated to large cities. This improvement impacts the following products and
services:

- GeoIP City Plus and Insights web services
- GeoIP Enterprise database
- GeoIP City database

In addition, we have improved the geolocation accuracy at the city and postal
levels for IPv6 networks in our GeoIP web services. This improvement impacts the
following services:

- GeoIP City Plus and Insights web services

</ReleaseNote>

<ReleaseNote date="2023-11-29" title="Update to KDDI Japanese ISP name">

In the Friday, December 1 release of our ISP data, we will be changing the name
of `KDDI`, a large Japanese ISP, to `au one net` because KDDI offers its
services under the au one net brand name.

ISP data in the following products and services will be updated:

- GeoIP City Plus and Insights web services
- GeoIP Enterprise database
- GeoIP ISP database

</ReleaseNote>

<ReleaseNote date="2023-11-29" title="Updated static IP scoring for IPv6 addresses">

We are releasing a bug fix to our static IP scoring system today.

Previously we were returning higher static IP scores for cellular IPv6 addresses
when the networks were actually more dynamic.

GeoIP Insights and Factors customers will see the static IP score for cellular
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Shouldn't this be just "GeoIP Insights" since we don't have Factors for GeoIP?

IPv6 addresses reduce.

[Learn more about static IP scores in GeoIP on our Knowledge Base.](https://support.maxmind.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408208479131-User-Context-Data#h_01FN9BSX7X351J8PV0WCH0E88F)

</ReleaseNote>

<ReleaseNote date="2023-11-15" title="Special release of our geolocation databases">

We are issuing an off-schedule release of our geolocation databases in order to
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Subscribe to the [minFraud release notes RSS feed](/minfraud/release-notes/rss.xml).
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<ReleaseNote date="2023-11-29" title="Updated static IP scoring for IPv6 addresses">

We are releasing a bug fix to our static IP scoring system today.

Previously we were returning higher static IP scores for cellular IPv6 addresses
when the networks were actually more dynamic.

minFraud Insights and Factors customers will see the static IP score for
cellular IPv6 addresses reduce. This should also result in improved risk scoring
for these networks for all minFraud customers.

[Learn more about static IP scores in minFraud on our Knowledge Base.](https://support.maxmind.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408430082971-IP-Trait-Risk-Data#h_01FN6V82S7EZNGE45GCRE1JERV)

</ReleaseNote>

<ReleaseNote date="2023-11-16" title="Free email output can be used as a parameter for custom rules">

You can now use the `/email/is_free` output in minFraud custom rules. This
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