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Data Scraping
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Internet & Social Media Law Blog
Web Scraping Watch: Cases Set to Clarify Application of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
By Jack S. Barufka, Sam E. Iverson
For years, website owners have leveraged the federal Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA) as a tool to combat unauthorized scraping of data and other content from their websites. Due…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Southwest Airlines Wins Injunction Barring Travel Site from Scraping
UPDATE: On December 23, 2021, the parties reached a settlement, as Southwest filed an unopposed motion for entry of final judgment and a permanent injunction containing the same restrictions as…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Supreme Court Vacates LinkedIn-HiQ Scraping Decision, Remands to Ninth Circuit for Another Look
On June 14, 2021, in a closely-watched dispute involving the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the Supreme Court granted LinkedIn Corp.’s (“LinkedIn”) petition for certiorari filed in the hiQ…
Privacy World
Supreme Court Remands LinkedIn Data Scraping Case Back to Ninth Circuit
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Van Buren decision this month and its resulting impact on data privacy litigation, the Supreme Court ordered the hiQ/LinkedIn data scraping saga to…
Privacy World
hiQ LinkedIn Data Scraping CFAA Ruling Delayed Pending SCOTUS Decision
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
As readers of CPW know, data scraping is a hot button data privacy issue. We previously covered the hiQ/LinkedIn data-scraping saga HERE, and HERE. In the most recent ruling out…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Trove of Online LinkedIn User Data Fuels LinkedIn’s Anti-Scraping Position
Last week, the Italian data protection authority (the “GPDP”) opened an investigation after reports that a dataset allegedly containing data compiled from 500 million LinkedIn profiles and other websites was…
Privacy World
Battle Royale, Data Scraping Edition: The hiQ v. LinkedIn Saga Continues
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
CPW has previously covered the state of play for data scraping litigation in the context of hiQ’s and LinkedIn’s ongoing dispute. For an update on this litigation, read on below.…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Southwest Airlines Sues to Stop Web Scraping of Fare Information
On January 14, 2021, Southwest Airlines Co. (“Southwest”) filed a complaint in a Texas district court against an online travel site, Kiwi.com, Inc. (“Kiwi”), alleging, among other things, that Kiwi’s…
Privacy Zone
Southwest Leverages the Lanham Act Against Alleged Scraper of Website Fares
Website operators can consider a host of potential legal claims against entities that scrape their sites’ content without authorization, such as breach of a well-crafted terms of service agreement, copyright…
Privacy World
Scraping By: Data Scraping Litigation Continues to Test Limits of Longstanding Data Privacy Laws
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
It is a reoccurring issue in data privacy litigation—a plaintiff commences litigation challenging applications of new technology and raising various claims concerning decades-old data privacy laws that predated the technology…