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It’s legal to scrape public data—US appeals court

April 21, 2022 0 Comments CFAA, content, court ruling, data, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Privacy, scraping

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:53:08 +0000

A US appeals court has ruled that scraping public data is legal. We look at some of the arguments for and against.

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Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead

August 12, 2019 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, court decision, court ruling, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, Law & order, Patel v. Facebook, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:34:30 +0000

The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/En8PlzNDHD0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>