release note on more blankings is posted

Author: Andra Mircioiu

content/geoip/release-notes/2025.md

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+{{< release-note date="2025-12-17" title="Subdivision, city, and postal fields blanked in additional countries">}}
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+Effective tomorrow, Thursday, December 19, 2025, we will be blanking out the subdivision, city, and postal fields more often in the following countries. This change will result in fewer resolutions in: 
+
+- Amman, Jordan
+- Budapest, Hungary
+- Reykjavik, Iceland
+- All cities in Austria
+- All cities in South Africa
+- All cities in Vietnam
+
+We will also be blanking out city and postal fields more often for cell networks in: 
+- India
+- Mexico
+- United States
+
+This change is to reduce false positives when the end users of a network are dispersed all over the country.
+
+The update will be reflected in the following products and services:
+
+- GeoIP City database
+- GeoIP Enterprise database
+- GeoIP City Plus web service
+- GeoIP Insights web service
+- minFraud Factors web service
+- minFraud Insights web service
+
+{{</ release-note >}}
+
 {{< release-note date="2025-12-15" title="GeoIP Location database releases delayed">}}
 
 Due to an issue we are currently investigating, the GeoIP database updates for Monday, December 15, 2025 for the following databases won't be released as scheduled:

content/minfraud/release-notes/2025.md

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+{{< release-note date="2025-12-17" title="Subdivision, city, and postal fields blanked in additional countries">}}
+
+Effective tomorrow, Thursday, December 19, 2025, we will be blanking out the subdivision, city, and postal fields more often in the following countries. This change will result in fewer resolutions in: 
+
+- Amman, Jordan
+- Budapest, Hungary
+- Reykjavik, Iceland
+- All cities in Austria
+- All cities in South Africa
+- All cities in Vietnam
+
+We will also be blanking out city and postal fields more often for cell networks in: 
+- India
+- Mexico
+- United States
+
+This change is to reduce false positives when the end users of a network are dispersed all over the country.
+
+The update will be reflected in the following products and services:
+
+- minFraud Factors web service
+- minFraud Insights web service
+- GeoIP City database
+- GeoIP Enterprise database
+- GeoIP City Plus web service
+- GeoIP Insights web service
+
+
+{{</ release-note >}}
 {{< release-note date="2025-11-28" title="Subdivision, city, and postal fields blanked in additional countries">}}
 
 Effective Monday, December 1, 2025, we will be blanking out the subdivision, city, and postal fields more often in the following countries. This change will result in fewer resolutions in: