Topic
Data Scraping
158 published works
Socially Aware Blog
Social Links: A seminal opinion on web scraping; Obama breaks Twitter record; court holds state’s subpoena law applies to digital communications
In an opinion granting a preliminary injunction preventing LinkedIn from blocking a startup’s use of information in LinkedIn profiles accessible to the entire public, the U.S. District Court for the…
The Capital Commitment
Best Practices for Fund Managers to Mitigate Big Data and Web Scraping Risks
By Joshua M. Newville, Jeffrey Neuburger, Robert Leonard, Jonathan Richman
Proskauer partners Jeff Neuburger, Robert Leonard, Josh Newville and Jonathan Richman recently invited hedge fund executives to discuss the complex regulatory and compliance issues raised by the use of alternative data. Jeff,…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Auction House Accused of Scraping Competitor’s Web Listings
Screen scraping is a problem that has vexed website owners since the early days of e-commerce – how to make valuable content available to users and customers, but prevent competitors…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Craigslist Garners $60 Million Judgment against Radpad in Scraping Dispute
For years, craigslist has aggressively used technological and legal methods to prevent unauthorized parties from violating its terms of use by scraping, linking to or accessing user postings for their…
Consumer Financial Services Review
CFPB Enters the Fray: Agency Solicits Information About “Screen Scraping”
On November 17, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a request for information (RFI) to better understand the benefits and risks associated with market developments that rely on…
Socially Aware Blog
Social Links: Facebook’s anti-ad-blocking software; LinkedIn’s “scraper” lawsuit; FTC’s upcoming crackdown on social influencers
Facebook introduced technology that disables ad blockers used by people who visit the platform via desktop computers, but Adblock Plus has already foiled the platform’s efforts, at least for now.…
Game Counsel
LinkedIn Has Beef With Data Scraping Bots
By James Gatto
Linkedin has filed a lawsuit to prevent unauthorized use of “bots” that register fake profiles on the social network and steal data about actual users. According to the suit, these acts…
Socially Aware Blog
Ninth Circuit Case Demonstrates That the Social Media Platform, Not the User, Is in Control
By Aaron Rubin, Kelsey Spector
We have written before about website operators’ use of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to combat data scraping. We have also noted a number of recent cases…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
CFAA Double Feature: Ninth Circuit Issues Two Important Decisions on the Scope of Liability Related to Data Scraping and Unauthorized Access to Employer Databases
UPDATE: On January 18, 2019, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the award of damages and injunctive relief in favor of Facebook. (Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc., No. 17-16161 (9th Cir.…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Hantao v. Baidu – ‘scraping’ third-party information as unfair competition
By Andy Huang
On 26 May 2016, the People's Court in Shanghai's Pudong New Area handed down its judgment in Hantao v. Baidu, in which Baidu was sued for inappropriately using information uploaded…