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1 min read · January 6, 2021

Is Web & Data Scraping Legally Allowed?

Everything you need to know about legal compliance related to web scraping

Web data extraction compliance is still an evolving sector in the law and its ambiguity means you have to be extra cautious in the manner and the data you scrape.

Is web scraping legal? If that's what you're wondering, join our Head of Legal, Sanaea Daruwalla, for an overview of web scraping compliance best practices and updates. The webinar will cover various aspects of legal compliance as it relates to web scraping, including agreeing to terms of service, scraping mobile apps, residential proxies, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and updates in the legal landscape.

Learn more about:

  • The significance of compliance.
  • Respecting copyrights and website terms & conditions.
  • Basic personal data protection principles.
  • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
  • The latest legal updates with web scraping.

Learn more about legal compliance in web scraping

Here at Zyte , we have been in the web scraping industry for 12 years. We have helped extract web data for more than 1,000 clients ranging from Government Agencies and Fortune 100 companies to early-stage startups and individuals. During this time we gained a tremendous amount of experience and expertise in web data extraction. 

Here are some of our best resources if you want to deepen your web scraping knowledge:

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  • Solution architecture part 3: Conducting a web scraping legal review
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  • Web scraping: Best practices

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