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by altdataseller 761 days ago
Ironically, sometimes I wish that LinkedIn vs HiQ verdict went the other way and made scraping LinkedIn illegal
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devildani 759 days ago
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7006059900...
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satvikpendem 760 days ago
The judge ruled towards LinkedIn in the latest ruling of that case, which I suppose most don't know about due to it being an appeal.
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altdataseller 760 days ago
I’m not a lawyer but does that mean scraping LinkedIn is indeed illegal? Or is it still yet to be determined?
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devildani 759 days ago
TLDR: The short answer is: it is legal to scrape LinkedIn properly. However, scraping LinkedIn a certain way could be illegal.

Scraping data from public LinkedIn profiles? Ok. Scraping data from LinkedIn profiles with fake logged-in accounts? Not ok.

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devildani 760 days ago
I did read about this. Not most know about this.
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