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Web data collection legality

Articles from the Zyte blog about Web data collection legality.

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Web data collection legality

Why Europe’s new AI scraping guidelines miss the mark

New guidelines on generative AI scraping aim to protect user privacy. But turning a rudimentary, 30-year-old web server standard into a legal barrier will disenfranchise users and create accidental monopolies.

Sally-Anne Hinfey
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Web data collection legality

Is your AI breaking the law? Legal experts’ advice for web scrapers

Legal experts discuss how AI, web scraping, copyright law, and the EU AI Act intersect—covering fair use, data provenance, and compliance risks for businesses.

Robert Andrews10 min read
AI’s legal frontier: What Europe’s privacy regulators say about scraping personal data
Web data collection legality

AI’s legal frontier: What Europe’s privacy regulators say about scraping personal data

Explore how EU privacy regulators view AI web scraping, lawful bases like legitimate interest, risks of collecting personal data, and compliance best practices.

Victoria Vlahoyiannis5 min read
AI’s legal frontier: What Europe’s privacy regulators say about scraping personal data
Web data collection legality

Key takeaways from the Getty v. Stability AI UK ruling

Explore what the UK Getty v. Stability AI ruling means for web scraping and AI developers, from jurisdiction and copyright risk to trademarks and EU compliance.

Sanaea Daruwalla10 min read
Balancing innovation and regulation in data scraping
Web data collection legality

Balancing innovation and regulation in data scraping

Weighing your options from full control to full service.

Sanaea Daruwalla10 min read
What AI Builders Need to Know About the Training Data Copyright Debate
Large Language Models (LLMs)

What AI Builders Need to Know About the Training Data Copyright Debate

The generative AI gold rush is upon us, with astounding new products and capabilities that are fuelled by web data and raising questions about AI copyright.

Sanaea Daruwalla6 min read
Judge dismisses X’s lawsuit against Bright Data (for now)
Web data collection legality

Judge dismisses X’s lawsuit against Bright Data (for now)

What does the court’s most recent ruling in the X v. Bright Data case mean for web scrapers and web scraping.

Sanaea Daruwalla6 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction
Web data collection legality

Compliant Web Scraping with AI

A breakdown of the integrated compliance focused protections integrated into Zyte API’s AI-powered web scraping solutions.

Callum Henry6 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction
Web data collection legality

Court Rules Meta's Terms Do Not Prohibit Scraping of Public Data

What does the court ruling that concludes Bright Data did not violate Meta’s terms of service or breach any contract with Meta by scraping public Facebook and Instagram data mean for web scraping.

Sanaea Daruwalla7 min read
Zyte Blog — field notes from the world of data extraction
Web data collection legality

Compliant Web Scraping Checklist

A handy checklist for assessing the legal compliance of your web scraping project.

Sanaea Daruwalla4 min read