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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by webignition on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:54AM (#15923895)
Under UK law, trespassing is a civil not criminal matter and so by some definition it is not illegal.
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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by pdpi on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:02PM (#15923992)
Still illegal, just not a crime.
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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by timthorn on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:43PM (#15926139)
No, it's unlawful, not illegal.
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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by pdpi on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:13PM (#15926502)
Definition of illegal: not according to or authorized by law : unlawful, illicit; also : not sanctioned by official rules (as of a game)

(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illegal)

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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by timthorn on Thursday December 14, 2017 @04:19PM (#15927166)
In legal terms, illegal and unlawful are not synonymous. In the UK, trespass is only illegal in certain circumstances: https://cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/trespass-and-nuisance-land

Beyond that, it's only unlawful.

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