Data Collection Compliance Guide: GDPR and CCPA Explained

The easiest pitfalls in data collection that you may have already fallen into

Recently, a cross-border e-commerce friend asked me to complain that he had just been complained about personal information leakage by a European customer, and almost had to eat a lawsuit. When I asked him, he realized that when they used crawlers to capture user reviews, they directly exposed their real IPs to the external servers, which is equivalent to running naked under the eyes of others' supervision, right? Today we will talk about how to use proxy IP compliance data, especially to deal with GDPR and CCPA, the two "data protection king".

What exactly are the GDPR and CCPA governing?

First, let's give the guys the highlights:The EU's GDPR is like a classroom teacher with wide-ranging discipline and a penitentiary; California's CCPA is like a disciplinarian who focuses on local students. Both regulations require companies to do three things when collecting data:

Take a practical example: using ipipgo's residential proxy to grab Amazon product information, the server will see the IP address of an ordinary U.S. home, rather than the real IP of your company's server room. it's like online shopping with a friend's address to receive express delivery, the platform simply can not track the real buyer.

Four Steps to Compliance Capture

Step 1: Choose the right type of agent
Don't think that just any free proxy can be used, this is the same as using toilet paper in public restrooms - look at the free in fact, the hidden danger. ipipgo's compliance package is specially designed to comply with the GDPR standard of static residential IP, each IP with real address information, the collection of automatic to meet the requirements of the geographic location.

Step 2: Desensitize the data well
The collected user data should be immediately "unmasked", such as converting IP addresses into area codes. This is like a takeaway order only shows the building without writing the specific door number, both to meet the needs of data analysis without touching privacy.

Step 3: Setting Access Restrictions
Set the upper limit of request frequency in ipipgo background, it is recommended not to exceed 3 requests per second. This rhythm is just like shopping for goods normally in a supermarket, and will not trigger abnormal alarms in the security system.

Step 4: Clean the log regularly
Our system defaults to turn on the 7-day auto-burn log function, this setting is equivalent to adding a time bomb to the data, to the point of automatic destruction of traces.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is it illegal to use a proxy IP?
A: Just like a kitchen knife can cut vegetables or hurt people, the key depends on the use. ipipgo's all nodes have been reviewed for legal compliance, as long as they are not used to crawl sensitive data or commercial espionage, it's completely legal!

Q: How do I know if there are any violations in the data collected?
A: It is recommended to use ipipgo's self-contained compliance testing tool, input the target site will automatically identify the collection of risk points, more than 10 times faster than manual screening

Q: What should I do if I encounter a data breach?
A: Immediately freeze the relevant IP segments, we provide 72-hour emergency response service, the fastest 1 hour to complete the full link investigation

Why do you recommend ipipgo?

While helping a client with a compliance audit last week, I discovered that a certain proxy provider they had previously used was actually logging MAC addresses in their logs, which is simply an act of passing the knife to regulation. In contrast, ipipgo does three things exceptionally well:

1. Precise geographic coverageFor example, if you are in the German market, you can pinpoint the IP resources in specific cities such as Berlin/Munich.
2. Protocol Double EncryptionNot only does it hide the real IP, but it also uses AES-256 to encase the packets.
3. Dynamic Route SwitchingAutomatic line switching in case of unexpected blocking, 27 seconds faster than manual processing

Lastly, a reminder: compliance is not a one-time task. Last year, the CCPA updated its implementing regulations three times. It is recommended to subscribe to the regulation alert function in the ipipgo background, every time the policy changes will receive a push notification with a response program, at least 3 days earlier than watching the news to grasp the dynamics.