Transnational Data Collection Compliance Manual: A GDPR/PDPA/CCPA Comparison

When you're crawling data overseas, check out these three statutes for penalties.

Friends who do transnational data collection should have recently discovered that the regulation in Europe, America and Southeast Asia is getting stricter and stricter. Last year, an e-commerce friend complained to me that they used a crawler to capture the commodity information of a platform in Germany, and as a result, they were penalized by the GDPR for 4% of their annual revenue, which is equivalent to working for nothing for two months. In fact, the most headache to engage in data collection isThe rules are completely different in different areasToday, we're going to break down the minefields of the three mainstream regulations.

Let's start with the three statutes ofprefecture: The GDPR mainly governs the EU-28, the PDPA is Singapore's watchword, and the CCPA is a California specialty. One easy point to step on isGeographic jurisdiction does not look at the location of the server, but at the location of the userFor example, if you use a U.S. server to collect data from French users. For example, if you use a US server to collect French user data, it's still under the GDPR.

How proxy IPs can help you avoid sky-high fines

Here's what to focus onDynamic Residential AgentsThe Role of. For example, ipipgo's rotating IP pool, which automatically replaces the exit IP with each request, has three wonderful uses for compliance:

First of all, it's possible toDecentralized data collection volumeGDPR has an invisible indicator of the frequency of data requests from a single IP, and the alarm will definitely be triggered by using a fixed IP to sweep wildly. Last year, a price comparison website fell into this point, they used 10 fixed IPs to request tens of thousands of times per hour, and was directly recognized as systematic collection.

Next.geolocation camouflageThe CCPA requires that the opt-out option must be given to California residents, but if you visit from a residential IP local to Los Angeles, the target site automatically displays a compliance statement. ipipgo's IP library is accurate down to the city level, which is especially useful when dealing with regional regulations.

endReducing the risk of data correlationPDPA requires that the collector cannot identify individuals by combining different data sources, and dynamic IP can cut off the chain of association between device fingerprints and browsing behavior. A friend who does user profiling has tested that the data collected with static IP was audited by a third party and found that 17% users could be indirectly identified, and the ratio dropped to 2.3% after switching to dynamic IP.

Hands-on four-step process for compliant acquisition

Step one:Confirmation of target data attributes
Use ipipgo's IP detection tool to first look at the geolocation rules of the target website, some websites will automatically block sensitive fields according to the country where the IP is located. For example, when collecting Singapore e-commerce data, you can see the complete user evaluation with local IP, and you can only see part of the desensitized data with foreign IP.

Step two:Setting Capture Frequency Fusing
It is recommended that reference be made to each region'ssafety threshold: The GDPR recommends no more than 500 requests per hour for a single IP, and the CCPA limits commercial data collection to 20 per minute. These parameters can be set directly in ipipgo's control panel, and IPs are automatically switched when the threshold is exceeded.

Step Three:Deployment of data filtering mechanisms
Real-time filtering out sensitive fields such as cell phone number, email address, ID number and so on. Here is a money-saving tip: do preliminary filtering on the proxy server side first, which can save 70% traffic cost than cleaning after collection.

Step Four:Regular log cleaning
GDPR requires data retention to be no longer than necessary, it is recommended to turn it on in the ipipgo backendAutomatic log deletionFunction. Their system retains only 7 days of access logs by default and the storage location is automatically matched to the local data center based on the region of collection.

Frequently Asked Questions QA

Q: Do I need user consent to collect public information?
A: Depends on the specific fields! For example, capturing work history on LinkedIn does not require consent, but if it contains a private email or cell phone number, both the GDPR and PDPA require explicit authorization.

Q: Will using a proxy IP be recognized as malicious access?
A: The key depends on the quality of the IP. Something like ipipgo providesReal Life Housing IPof the service provider, the request header information is exactly the same as a normal browser, much safer than a data center IP. It was measured that the probability of their residential IP being intercepted by the anti-crawling system is only 0.7%.

Q: Do I have to use a local IP for cross-border acquisition?
A: There are two cases. If you are dealing with user requests (e.g. data deletion), you must use the IP of the target user's location; if you are just collecting public data, you can use the IP of a neighboring country, but you have to pay attention to the problem of time zone matching.

Finally, a reminder to all bosses that the recent new PDPA regulations require all data exits to be doneTransboundary impact assessment. Remember to turn it on in the console if you use ipipgo!Area Lock ModeThis feature is unique to their compliance solution, which ensures that the data collected does not leave the data center in the target area throughout the entire process.