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Is scraping an iCal link legal?
Update on university pov:
They say opening their website in an embedded browser is not allowed
They say scraping is not allowed
The problem is:
Opens an embedded web browser (in app) and goes to ...
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Is scraping an iCal link legal?
I am not sure I understand exactly who uses your app in what circumstances but note that processing is lawful under article 6 if it
is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data ...
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Is scraping an iCal link legal?
Even without being a GDPR expert by any stretch, I'd immediately assume that what you're doing at least violates GDPR, personally, simply by gaining direct access to individual student accounts within ...
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Is it legal for a 19 year old or a 20-21 year old to view internet porn?
In many places, viewing internet porn is illegal at any age. A quick internet search reveals that in places that try to restrict young people's exposure to pornography, it's typically illegal to show ...
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Is scraping an iCal link legal?
Reading public data on the internet is not illegal. They published it for exactly that reason. So people would take an app and show them those fancy bytes in a way a human can understand them.
Even if ...
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Is it legal for a 19 year old or a 20-21 year old to view internet porn?
Many countries ban the possession of certain forms of pornography, notably involving underage participants and sometimes violence and humiliation.
When it comes to viewing something on the internet, ...
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Is it legal for a 19 year old or a 20-21 year old to view internet porn?
It is generally legal for any person to view non-obscene porn, though there may be jurisdictions where all porn is deemed to be obscene. In the majority of jurisdictions, it is not forbidden for a ...
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Is scraping an iCal link legal?
'randomgeneratedID' is personal identification
If randomgeneratedID is unique to each student. Which it surely is.
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Legal Implications of Building a Webshop for Renting Accounts
Users would violate the Terms of Service of the "rented" accounts
Accounts are usually non transferable and sharing is prohibited. Users would violate those provisions of their contracts ...
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Is webscraping legal if the website clearly doesn't want to be scraped (for example having a captcha or cloudflare)?
No, it’s not legal
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes it illegal to access a computer beyond authorization. You are not authorized. We know this because you are using technical means to bypass ...
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Is webscraping legal if the website clearly doesn't want to be scraped (for example having a captcha or cloudflare)?
It doesn't matter much that they don't want their website to be scraped. What matters is that there are effective protections to prevent scraping, so you would be accessing their computer while ...
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