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Legal Exposure Assessment For Your Web Scraping Project

Please answer the following questions to help us assess the legal exposure of your web scraping project. Select the option that best applies to you.

What is the primary purpose of your scraping project?

What is the primary purpose of your scraping project?
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What type of data are you collecting?

What type of data are you collecting?
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Is the data you’re scraping subject to copyright or other legal protections?

Is the data you’re scraping subject to copyright or other legal protections?
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Does the data obtained through web scraping in any way compromise the privacy of the individual?

Does the data obtained through web scraping in any way compromise the privacy of the individual?
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Does the data contain pornography, especially child pornography?.

Does the data contain pornography, especially child pornography?.
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What is the approximate volume of data you plan to collect per scrape?

What is the approximate volume of data you plan to collect per scrape?
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What is the current web scraping rate (records scraped per second) per website?

What is the current web scraping rate (records scraped per second) per website?
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Does the site require user authentication or special access (e.g., login)?

Does the site require user authentication or special access (e.g., login)?
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How frequently will your scraper access the site?

How frequently will your scraper access the site?
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Have you implemented anonymisation measures specifically for your web scraping activity?

Have you implemented anonymisation measures specifically for your web scraping activity?
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Are you using techniques to fully anonymise your web scraping activity?

Are you using techniques to fully anonymise your web scraping activity?
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Do you plan to implement polite crawling (rate-limiting, request delays) to avoid overloading the site?

Adding pauses between requests helps prevent DOS-style impacts on servers.
Do you plan to implement polite crawling (rate-limiting, request delays) to avoid overloading the site?
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Will you redistribute or commercialise the scraped data?

Will you redistribute or commercialise the scraped data?
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Which country is your organization based in (for GDPR/data-protection applicability)?

Which country is your organization based in (for GDPR/data-protection applicability)?
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Does your scraping comply with anti-hacking laws (e.g., CFAA in the U.S., Computer Misuse Act in the U.K.)?
 Anti-hacking statutes can criminalize unauthorized access, even of public pages.

Does your scraping comply with anti-hacking laws (e.g., CFAA in the U.S., Computer Misuse Act in the U.K.)? Anti-hacking statutes can criminalize unauthorized access, even of public pages.
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Have you conducted a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for your web scraping project?
 A DPIA helps identify and mitigate data-protection risks before processing begins.

Have you conducted a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for your web scraping project? A DPIA helps identify and mitigate data-protection risks before processing begins.
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Is your team aware of web scraping best practices and compliance obligations (e.g., GDPR, polite crawling)?

Is your team aware of web scraping best practices and compliance obligations (e.g., GDPR, polite crawling)?
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Have you reviewed copyright fair-use provisions or license exemptions for reusing the data?

 Some jurisdictions allow limited reuse under “fair use” or specific licence terms.
Have you reviewed copyright fair-use provisions or license exemptions for reusing the data?
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 Have you secured contractual protections (indemnity, limitation of liability) with any data providers or end-users of the scraped data?

 Have you secured contractual protections (indemnity, limitation of liability) with any data providers or end-users of the scraped data?
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Do you carry any cyber or professional liability insurance that would cover a legal claim arising from web scraping activities?

Do you carry any cyber or professional liability insurance that would cover a legal claim arising from web scraping activities?
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