What’s new?
4.8.0 4.6.1 4.6.0 4.5.5 4.5.4 4.5.3 4.5.2 4.5.1 4.5.0 4.4.0 4.3.2 4.3.1 4.3.0 4.2.0 4.1.0 4.0.2 4.0.1 4.0.0
4.8.0
The main changes for the 4.8.0 release are:
NOW Privacy's Remediation [Beta] feature gives you the ability to perform the removal of root parent items from File Share data sources.
4.6.1
This release brings improved platform deployment and monitoring, as well as providing upgrade paths from the 4.5.5 and 4.6.0 releases.
We have recently upgraded our server to the latest version of CentOS, version 7.9. This upgrade includes the most up-to-date security features and improved performance to ensure the best experience for our users.
For this current update to CentOS 7.9, the upstream repositories are required and needed in order to provide the necessary updates.
4.6.0
We have recently upgraded our server to the latest version of CentOS, version 7.9. This upgrade includes the most up-to-date security features and improved performance to ensure the best experience for our users.
For this current update to CentOS 7.9, the upstream repositories are required and needed in order to provide the necessary updates.
4.5.5
This release is focused around improving supportability and fixing various bugs in the platform. As such there are no new features in this release.
4.5.4
The main changes for the 4.5.4 release are:
Limits for the dataset chart can now be configured via user settings.
Maximum and minimum SMB dialects can be configured for the File Share connector (Contact NowVertical Support for assistance with this)
End of support for Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer browsers
4.5.3
The main changes for the 4.5.3 release are:
You can configure NOW Privacy to recognise United States:
4.5.2
The main changes for the 4.5.2 release are:
You now need fewer permissions to collect file ownership information during crawling. You no longer need to use an administrator account to collect file ownership information.
Improved warning and error reporting for data ingestion
4.5.1
The main changes for the 4.5.1 release are:
Updates to the Office 365 connectors to take advantage of the latest Microsoft Graph API:
4.5.0
The main changes for the 4.5.0 release are:
The SharePoint 2013+ data sources now have improved performance and reliability. The configuration parameters for the SharePoint 2013+ data sources have changed.
SharePoint 2013+ Browsing and Validation
For file share data sources, you can now ingest file ownership information. You can choose
owner id or
owner id and owner name
You can also opt to re-ingest files if the owner changes.
As a result of this change, we’ve added two new metadata fields:
We’ve updated the User Settings page for this release.
Bulk move data sources to another dataset
You can now move multiple data sources to a new data set in one step.
4.4.0
The main changes for the 4.4.0 release are:
The Cookbook is a new feature in our help system. It’s a set of ‘data’ recipes that you can experiment with.
If you have a task in mind, it’s likely that someone else has already faced a similar situation. In our Cookbook, we’ve captured some of the most common tasks we’ve seen.
This one’s for advanced platform users.
File share data source browsing
When you’re creating a file share data source, you can now browse to the location you want to work on.
File share data source validation
When you are creating a file share data source, you can test the details you’ve entered. This helps you to detect errors before you start to ingest from that data source.
Use the Telemetry page to see reports on important platform details and metrics.
The platform automatically generates a new report every 30 days. You can also generate a report manually any time you want.
Use the System overview page to see a summary of information about the hardware, software, and network you’re using with NOW Privacy.
You can now override the job description that NOW Privacy gives to a new data source when you create it. You can supply your own description as long as it’s unique. It can be up to 1000 characters long.
You can now see a lot more detail of data ingestion.
4.3.2
We have improved data source error reporting.
On the Data Sources page, NOW Privacy returns error count information for the data sources with the largest number of errors.
Previously, it displayed the first 10. We have increased that limit to 10000.
4.3.1
We have improved the performance of our SMB connector when downloading medium and large files.
We have improved stability when processing complex files.
4.3.0
The main changes for the 4.3.0 release are:
NOW Privacy can now work with data from MySQL databases.
Online tutorials are now available for most of NOW Privacy's main features.
NOW Privacy's new homepage gives you easier access to all the main features.
4.2.0
The main changes for the 4.2.0 release are:
In NOW Privacy 4.2.0, we’ve deprecated duplication detection.
Earlier versions of NOW Privacy allowed users with the Duplication Manager role to access the Duplication dashboard.
If you currently use duplication detection and need to continue, contact our Support team. They’ll enable it for you again so you can work without interruption.
The configuration parameters for the Office Exchange 365 data sources for SharePoint and OneDrive have changed.
This happened because we now communicate using the Microsoft Graph API.
4.1.0
The main changes for the 4.1.0 release are:
Entity detection for new countries:
NOW Privacy can now detect information such as telephone numbers and postal codes in formats from the Netherlands, Portugal, and Italy.
This results in name changes to some of the metadata fields:
NI Numbers is now National ID Numbers
NI Number Count is now National ID Number Count
Postcodes is now Postal Codes
Postcode Count is now Postal Code Count
4.0.2
The main changes for the 4.0.2 release are:
The Risk dashboard has a set of charts that show stored information that’s likely to conflict with your data risk policies.
You can see low, medium, and high concentrations of data relating to credit card numbers, email addresses National ID numbers, people’s names, and telephone numbers.
The configuration parameters for the Exchange on Premise and Office Exchange 365 connectors have changed.
This happened because we now communicate using the Microsoft Graph API.
Click these links to see the new parameters:
4.0.1
The main changes for the 4.0.1 release are:
Enterprise Vault data sources now have improved performance and reliability.
You can now use sampling on database data sources. For example, if you specify a sample size of 500, we’ll crawl the first 500 rows rather than the entire table or view.
For Microsoft SQL Server data sources, you can now crawl all the tables in a database rather than just one table or view.
You can now edit the definitions of workflows.
4.0.0
The main changes for the 4.0.0 release are:
Use Google Drive as a data source.
Form search is a new way to search. The first form we’re releasing is called Data Subject Search. It helps you to find data on an individual. It’s very useful for Subject Access Requests.
You can set up workflows to periodically search your data estate and take action on items they find.
It’s now even easier to apply tags to your data. Tagging jobs run faster too!