Upcoming Compliance Requirement for Partners Using Our APIs
IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION!
Due to export license and regulatory requirements, we need to make sure every subscriber account has complete data to enforce geographic controls. If you are currently using our Accounts API, you will need to implement some changes before September 17th to avoid disruption.
The following data will be mandatory for all the subscribers:
- Company name
- Industry
- First name
- Last name
- Full mailing address
Now, activating or allocating licenses of any Watchguard product requires this information is previously added in the account information for every customer. To help partners manage these new requirements at scale, we have release a new version of the Accounts Public API available here, which partners can leverage bulk updates to their account information.
If you are currently using our Accounts API, adding this data requires you to use the new Accounts API available here. The current version of the Accounts API will be deprecated on September 17th.
Starting August 6th, the Allocations API will return a warning if a subscriber account is missing any required data. Starting September 17th, allocations will fail for accounts that haven't been updated.
Once the required changes are implemented, the Allocations API will return a 200 Success status. Please ensure this is confirmed for all your accounts before September 17th to avoid disruption.