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Legal considerations and ethics of web scraping: What are the boundaries?
Scraping publicly available data is usually fine, but make sure to respect robots.txt rules.
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Always check the website’s terms of service—some sites explicitly ban scraping.
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Avoid scraping login-protected or personal data, as that could lead to legal issues under privacy laws like GDPR.
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It’s a gray area—many people scrape, but you could still get blocked or face legal action if the site owner notices.
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