Merge pull request #1490 from maxmind/andram/new-anonymizer-data

release note on new anon data is posted

Author: AndraMeer

content/geoip/release-notes/2025.md

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 [Sign up to be notified](https://comms.maxmind.com/geoip-rss-release-notes)
 whenever a new GeoIP release note is posted. {{</ alert >}}
 
+{{< release-note date="2025-11-19" title="New anonymizer data added to web services">}}
+
+We have added an [`anonymizer` object](https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/responses/#anonymizer) to our web services. This object contains the anonymizer data previously found in the `traits` object together with new outputs.
+
+Anonymizer data in the `traits` object is being marked as deprecated. However, for backwards compatibility, anonymizer data in the `traits` object will continue to be populated and the functionality remains the same. This will not be a breaking change. 
+
+When the client APIs for the web services are upgraded, we recommend updating your integrations to use the new `anonymizer` object, which contains data points not found in the `traits` object:
+
+| new data | description |
+| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
+| `anonymizer/confidence`                       | A score ranging from 1 to 99 that represents our percent confidence that the network is currently part of an actively used VPN service.| 
+| `anonymizer/network_last_seen`                | The last day that the network was sighted in our analysis of anonymized networks. This is in the ISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD). |
+|  `anonymizer/provider_name`                  | The name of the VPN provider (e.g., NordVPN, SurfShark, etc.) associated with the network. |
+
+We plan to update the client APIs soon to reflect this change, which applies to the following web services: 
+- GeoIP Insights
+- minFraud Insights
+- minFraud Factors 
+
+{{</ release-note >}}
+
 {{< release-note date="2025-11-18" title="Subdivision, city, and postal fields blanked in selected cities and countries">}}
 
 Effective tomorrow, Wednesday, November 19, 2025, we will be blanking out the subdivision, city, and postal fields more often in the following cities and countries. This change will result in fewer resolutions in: 

content/minfraud/release-notes/2025.md

@@ -9,6 +9,28 @@ outputs: ['html', 'rss']
 [Sign up to be notified](https://comms.maxmind.com/minfraud-rss-release-notes)
 whenever a new minFraud release note is posted. {{</ alert >}}
 
+{{< release-note date="2025-11-19" title="New anonymizer data added to web services">}}
+
+We have added an [`anonymizer` object](https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/responses/#anonymizer) to our web services. This object contains the anonymizer data previously found in the `traits` object together with new outputs.
+
+Anonymizer data in the `traits` object is being marked as deprecated. However, for backwards compatibility, anonymizer data in the `traits` object will continue to be populated and the functionality remains the same. This will not be a breaking change. 
+
+When the client APIs for the web services are upgraded, we recommend updating your integrations to use the new `anonymizer` object, which contains data points not found in the `traits` object:
+
+| new data | description |
+| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
+| `anonymizer/confidence`                       | A score ranging from 1 to 99 that represents our percent confidence that the network is currently part of an actively used VPN service.| 
+| `anonymizer/network_last_seen`                | The last day that the network was sighted in our analysis of anonymized networks. This is in the ISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD). |
+|  `anonymizer/provider_name`                  | The name of the VPN provider (e.g., NordVPN, SurfShark, etc.) associated with the network. |
+
+We plan to update the client APIs soon to reflect this change, which applies to the following web services: 
+
+- minFraud Insights
+- minFraud Factors 
+- GeoIP Insights
+
+{{</ release-note >}}
+
 {{< release-note date="2025-11-18" title="Subdivision, city, and postal fields blanked in selected cities and countries">}}
 
 Effective tomorrow, Wednesday, November 19, 2025, we will be blanking out the subdivision, city, and postal fields more often in the following cities and countries. This change will result in fewer resolutions in: