Fides 2.20/2.20.1/2.20.2 Release notes

2.20.0: September 19, 2023
2.20.1: September 20, 2023
2.20.2: September 26, 2023

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New features & Enhancements (2.20)

System history UI, API, digest moves into GA: Fides added the ability to access a system's history of changes from the History tab in the UI and API. A daily digest is also accessible via webhook. Read more (opens in a new tab).
Fides Compass upgrades: Fides Compass now suggests both data uses & cookies and has added 500 more vendors. Read more (opens in a new tab)
Consent notices UI updated: Our consent notices UI has a new look, human readable geographies, and status indicators for all notices. Read more (opens in a new tab)
Gather custom fields in privacy requests: custom fields can now be configured and collected for use in privacy requests. Read more (opens in a new tab)
DNS records page: there is a new page called DNS records under the management menu where you can review and copy the CNAME records required to allow communication between customer networks and Fides.
Skipping collections and endpoints for DSR: when configuring DSR processing, you can now choose to skip specific collections or endpoints. Read more (opens in a new tab)
Fideslang 2.0: Fideslang has been updated to 2.0 with changes intended to better support consent use cases. Read more below in the Taxonomy updates section.

Fixes and developer updates (2.20)

Fides embeds CDN URLs in fides.js when they have been provided to Fides
Privacy notice templates are now disabled by default
Added case-insensitive privacy experience region filtering
Ensured that fides.js toggles are not hidden by other CSS libraries
An error toast has been added to toggles in various tables
Fixed a bug where an unsaved changes notification modal would appear even without unsaved changes

Fixes and developer updates (2.20.1)

Fixed performance issue where adding integrations slowed the data map response time, particularly when viewing a list of systems

Fixes and developer updates (2.20.2)

Added version_added, version_deprecated, and replaced_by to data use, data subject, and data category APIs #4135
Update fides.js to not fetch experience client-side if pre-fetched experience is empty #4149
Erasure privacy requests now pause for input if there are any manual process integrations #4115

Taxonomy updates

We released a major update to our Fideslang taxonomy in 2.20. To explore the updated taxonomy using our visual explorer, please go here (opens in a new tab).

For updated taxonomy elements, your information will be migrated when upgrading your application and any references to these elements throughout the application will be automatically updated in data use declarations, datasets, systems, privacy notices, consent components, policies, and rule targets.

Changes to data uses

Added:

Analytics for Content Performance: analytics.reporting.content_performance
Essential for Security: essential.service.security
Essential for Serving Ads: marketing.advertising.serving
Profiling for Advertising: marketing.advertising.profiling
Personalized Profiling: personalize.profiling

Changed:

Improve.* is now Functional.* : Used for specific, necessary, and legitimate purposes
- As a result, Improve service is moving: improve.system → functional.service.improve
Moved essential.service.operations.support.optimization → essential.service.operations.improve
Updated human labels and descriptions for: essential.service.operations, essential.service.operations.support, and essential.service.payment_processing

Changes to data categories

Added:

Account information: user.account.*
- Account settings: user.account.settings
- Account username: user.account.username
Authorization information: user.authorization
- Account password: user.authorization.credentials.unencrypted
User content: user.content.*
- Private content: user.content.private
- Public content: user.content.public
- User image: user.content.self_image
Purchase history: user.behavior.purchase_history
Fingerprint: user.biometric.fingerprint
Retina scan: user.biometric.retinal
Voice recording: user.biometric.voice
Criminal history: user.criminal_history
Fax number: user.contact.fax_number
User website: user.contact.url
Language: user.demographic.language
Marital status: user.demographic.marital_status
Device cookie: user.device.cookie
Credit card information: user.financial.credit_card
Birth certificate: user.government_id.birth_certificate
Immigration ID: user.government_id.immigration
Vehicle registration: user.government_id.vehicle_registration
Medical insurance ID: user.health_and_medical.insurance_beneficiary_id
Medical record ID: user.health_and_medical.record_id
User ID: user.unique_id
Pseudonymous user ID: user.id.pseudonymous
Imprecise subject location: user.location.imprecise
Precise subject location: user.location.precise
First name: user.name.first
Last name: user.name.last
Privacy preferences: user.privacy_preferences

Changed:

Updated user.credentials → user.authorization.credentials
Updated user.observed → user.behavior
Updated user.browsing_history → user.behavior.browsing_history
Updated user.media_consumption → user.behavior.media_consumption
Updated user.search_history → user.behavior.search_history
Updated user.organization → user.contact.organization
Updated user.non_specific_age → user.demographic.age_range
Updated user.date_of_birth → user.demographic.date_of_birth
Updated user.gender → user.demographic.gender
Updated user.political_opinion → user.demographic.political_opinion
Updated user.profiling → user.demographic.profile
Updated user.race → user.demographic.race_ethnicity
Updated user.religious_belief → user.demographic.religious_belief
Updated user.sexual_orientation → user.demographic.sexual_orientation
Updated user.financial.account_number → user.financial.bank_account
Updated user.genetic → user.health_and_medical.genetic