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LinkedIn wins court order blocking mass scraping of user data

52 points · 33 comments · ilamont

unified101 · 1790268870 · focus · HN ↗
This isn't precedent setting.. it's a pure specific usecase that was blocked. Overall scraping is still legal and fine, per the earlier judgement.
1. wmchen · 1790269858 · focus · HN ↗
  One case that does seem to have the potential to be precedent setting in the US seems to be Air Canada's litigation against Seats.aero, who is also continuing to scrape Air Canada's award inventory data despite Air Canada loginwalling for award search a year after it filed this lawsuit. [1][2]
  [1]: <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.83894/gov.uscourts.ded.83894.1.0.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.838...
  [2]: <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67896748/air-canada-v-localhost-llc/" rel="nofollow">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67896748/air-canada-v-l...
2. Permik · 1790273559 · focus · HN ↗
  Unless the data collected is of a user that is an EU citizen. This needs prior approval and consent per GDPR.

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