When consumers use a service like Quicken or Mint, they aren't just using a single piece of software. Rather, they are using a complex set of software and services operated independently by a dozen or ...

Is it stealing to take data without permission from a public website, or is it simply making use of resources that are made available to you? “Web scraping” or “screen scraping” is the practice of ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau held a gathering this week of bankers, fintech executives, consumer advocates and others to tackle a key data-sharing issue facing the bureau, and the event ...

The authenticity of web scraping has been the subject of much debate. The question is, "is web scraping legal"? Web scraping is not a criminal offense. However, some ground rules must be followed ...

When American Airlines sued Farechase, Inc. in Federal District Court in Texas earlier this year, claiming that Farechase's “screen-scraping” of AA's flight information from AA.com was illegal, it was ...

One critical challenge faced by web scrapers is the high prevalence of anti-scraping measures implemented by various websites. Now, many websites will block you for good reasons. Perhaps your IP ...