Re:Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent)
by mic47 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:14PM
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Agree with this, and I would also add this
- I want to be in control of my data and change the setting.
- I want to be able to delete my data.
If scraping on linked-in is banned (and linked-in is enforcing it), then I do have have control of my data, since I can change the setting, and it will no longer be public (It's not perfect, since some might already scraped it, but the extend would be much smaller). Also, if I decide to delete my data, linked can do that for data it control, but not for scraped data.
- I want my data to be publicly available
- I don't want my data to be processed/distributed/sold without my permission
E.g. individual use is fine, profit making is not.
Which is my expectation with LinkedIn. I want people to see my profile, I don't want them to sell it as marketing leads!