Category Archives: Alternative Data

DC Court Ruling Reduces Webscraping Risk

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In a decision that reduces some risk associated with webscraping, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that violating a website’s terms of service cannot alone be the basis for a finding that the conduct is “… Continue reading DC Court Ruling Reduces Webscraping Risk→

Ninth Circuit Rules that Scraping a Public Website is Likely Not a CFAA Violation

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In the highly-anticipated decision in the hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn case, the Ninth Circuit upheld the preliminary injunction against LinkedIn, prohibiting it from barring hiQ’s scraping of public profiles from its site. In so doing, the court h… Continue reading Ninth Circuit Rules that Scraping a Public Website is Likely Not a CFAA Violation→