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The Company filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the Securities  Exchange Commission on Monday, November 16, 2020, which can be found at  MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY Jason Remillard, CEO of Data443, commented, We are extremely pleased with our third quarter and nine-month results, especially given the unprecedented conditions throughout the year. Despite these challenges, Data443 continues to adapt and focus on improving and enhancing all facets of our business, strengthening our positioning in the marketplace, and growing our service offerings to meet the rapidly changing needs of our customers. We see this positive performance as being driven by a number of factors, including meeting the demand of our clients to meet the enhanced data compliance issues they face due to the abundance of remote working environments. In addition, the rapidly growing regulatory environment in California an influential proxy for the rest of the United States, continues to escalate the importance of data compliance for SMEs, requiring our highly sophisticated solutions. The results for the quarter also demonstrate our ability to successfully continue to address this demand, while making strategic acquisitions and incorporating these technologies within our growing stack. All of this, combined with our initiatives to strengthen our sales and marketing efforts, led to our strong operational performance during the quarter. Id be remiss if I didnt mention our strong customer retention, which is extremely close to 100 percent, as well as our expanding impressive customer base. We have continued to deliver the high level of customer service that is essential to building brand loyalty, ensuring Data443 is the answer to the challenges posed by our customers. We believe this has helped drive referrals and word-of-mouth demand, and we look forward to building on this momentum. We will be announcing some major new customers in the next few weeks. In closing, I would like to remind everyone to join us tomorrow for our Business Update Call, where I will outline our plans for the rest of this year and our fiscal 2021. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020 AND YEAR-TO-DATE Nearly 3,000,000 of toxic convertible debt paid-off or converted 9-months ended and counting Paid down over 500,000 in acquisition-related notes in cash Company historic quarterly record bookings of 835,000 Best revenue quarter in Companys history Reduction of GA expenses of 35 Deferred revenues continue to increase, this quarter up 21 Net reduction of debt increased equity by 12,500,000 Reached shareholder-friendly forbearance agreements for outstanding convertible notes OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020 AND YEAR-TO-DATE Completed Payments to Modevity, LLC for the ARALOC  platform, the secure private data storage, protection, and enablement platform Released Data443 Chat History Scanner, the latest advance in our cloud Global Privacy Manager product line Secured contract with the NFLs Pittsburgh Steelers to provide the ARALOC  Secure Sports Management platform Welcomed Mr. Omkhar Arasaratnam , cybersecurity expert and strategic consultant to venture capitalists, to our Advisory Board Completed the acquisition of SAAS data analytics and content migration company  FileFacets  Completed the acquisition of Silicon Valley based SAAS data access control  SSO company, Resilient Network Systems Completed the acquisition of IntellyWP , an Italy-based developer that produces WordPress plug-ins that enhance the overall user experience for webmaster and end users Released enhancement of flagship data transfer, transformation, and delivery product, DataExpress  , which addresses market need for two factor authentication services RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 Recognized 700,000 of revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to 628,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2019. Net billings for the three months ended September 30, 2020 of 835,000, compared to 1,129,000 in the prior year period. Deferred revenues were 1,469,000 as of September 30, 2020, an increase of 515,000 from 954,000 as of December 31, 2019. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 amounted to 858,000, as compared to 1,328,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2019, which is a decrease of 470,000, or 35, Net loss of 1,500,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to 3,196,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The net loss for the three months was mainly derived from a loss on change in fair value of derivative liability of 420,000, associated with convertible notes payable and gross margins of 592,000, offset in part by general and administrative, and sales and marketing expenses incurred. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 1,644,000 of revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to 1,129,000 of revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Net billings for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 of 2,370,000, compared to 2,066,000 in the prior year period. General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 of 3,950,000, compared to 3,200,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, which is an increase of 749,000, or 23. Sales and marketing expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 amounted to 151,000, compared to 461,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, which is a decrease of 310,000, or 67. The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was 14,254,000 as compared to a net income of 4,027,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was mainly derived from a loss on change in fair value of derivative liability of 420,000 and 9,698,000, respectively, associated with convertible notes payable and gross margins of 592,000 and 1,482,000, respectively, offset in part by general and administrative, and sales and marketing expenses incurred. The net gain for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily a result of a gain on change in fair value of derivative liability of 7,267,000, offset in part by an operating loss of 2,623,000 by increased general and administrative costs, and sales and marketing expenses incurred. BUSINESS UPDATE CONFERENCE CALL Data443 will hold a Business Update Conference Call and Webcast on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 430pm ET. Investors and other interested parties may submit their questions ahead of time by emailing Investor Relations at  . Online registration is available at  About Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. OTCPK ATDS, is the de facto industry leader in Data Privacy Solutions for All Things Data Security  , providing software and services to enable secure data across local devices, network, cloud, and databases, at rest and in flight. Its suite of products and services is highlighted by i ARALOC  , which is a market leading secure, cloud-based platform for the management, protection and distribution of digital content to the desktop and mobile devices, which protects an organizations confidential content and intellectual property assets from leakage  malicious or accidental  without impacting collaboration between all stakeholders ii DATAEXPRESS  , the leading data transport, transformation and delivery product trusted by leading financial organizations worldwide iii ArcMail  , which is a leading provider of simple, secure and cost-effective email and enterprise archiving and management solutions iv ClassiDocs  the Companys award-winning data classification and governance technology, which supports CCPA, LGPD, and GDPR compliance v ClassiDocs  for Blockchain, which provides an active implementation for the Ripple XRP that protects blockchain transactions from inadvertent disclosure and data leaks vi Data443  Global Privacy Manager, the privacy compliance and consumer loss mitigation platform which is integrated with ClassiDocs  to do the delivery portions of GDPR and CCPA as well as process Data Privacy Access Requests  removal request  with inventory by ClassiDocs   vii Resilient Access TM , which enables fine-grained access controls across myriad platforms at scale for internal client systems and commercial public cloud platforms like Salesforce, Box.Net, Google G Suite, Microsoft OneDrive and others viii Data443  Chat History Scanner, which scans chat messages for Compliance, Security, PII, PI, PCI  custom keywords ix the CCPA Framework WordPress plugin, which enables organizations of all sizes to comply with the CCPA privacy framework x FileFacets, a Software-as-a-Service SaaS platform that performs sophisticated data discovery and content search of structured and unstructured data within corporate networks, servers, content management systems, email, desktops and laptops xi the GDPR Framework WordPress plugin, with over 30,000 active users and over 400,000 downloads it enables organizations of all sizes to comply with the GDPR and other privacy frameworks and xii IntellyWP, a leading purveyor of user experience enhancement products for webmasters for the worlds largest content management platform, WordPress. For more information, please visit  . Forward-Looking Statements The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as may, will, could, should, expect, plan, project, intend, anticipate, believe, estimate, predict, potential, pursuant, target, continue, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The statements in this press release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding Data443s plans, objectives, future opportunities for Data443s services, future financial performance and operating results and any other statements regarding Data443s future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial conditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, many of which are beyond Data443s control, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, and include, without limitation, results of litigation, settlements and investigations actions by third parties, including governmental agencies volatility in customer spending global economic conditions ability to hire and retain personnel loss of, or reduction in business with, key customers difficulty with growth and integration of acquisitions product liability cybersecurity risk anti-takeover measures in our charter documents and, the uncertainties created by the ongoing outbreak of a respiratory illness caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus that was recently named by the World Health Organization as COVID-19. These and other important risk factors are described more fully in our reports and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the SEC, including under i Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors, in our Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on January 11, 2019 and amended on April 24, 2019 ii Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on 17 April 2020 and, iii subsequent filings. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this press release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise. The Data443  logo, ALL THINGS DATA SECURITY, ClassiDocs  logo, ARALOC  logo and DATAEXPRESS  are registered trademarks of Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. All product names, trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, trademarks and brands does not imply endorsement. All other trademarks cited herein are the property of their respective owners. For Further Information  Follow us on Twitter  Follow us on Facebook  Follow us on LinkedIn  Signup for our Investor Newsletter  Investor Relations Contact Matthew Abenante  919.858.6542 Try it for Free Instant Data Classification Cyren URL Category Chacker Prev DATA443 RELEASES STELLAR THIRD QUARTER 2020 FINANCIALS ON ROAD TO UPLIST TO MAJOR MARKET Data443 Announces Elimination of Warrants as Part of Settlment, Continues Path to Major Market Uplist Next Company Partners Resources Investor Relations Products Freeware Demo Solutions Contact Us Privacy Management Service by Data443\n            \n            Your guidance should include:\n            1. Easy-to-follow security best practices\n            2. Data protection recommendations\n            3. Safe usage guidelines\n            4. 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