Last fall, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling enjoining LinkedIn from blocking hiQ from scraping data from its site finding that hiQ’s scraping of data from LinkedIn users’ public profiles did not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”). In Sandig v. Barr, academic researchers who intend to test whether employment websites…
Episodes 3 and 4 for Internet Traffic Kings have dropped. Episode 3 features Scott Richter, founder of Media Breakaway who now operates The Big Jackpot slot channel on YouTube. In this episode, I discuss cybersecurity issues relating to working at home during the COVID crisis and the COVID scams. Episode 4 features Rick Bennick, President…
Four very closely watched cases in separate areas of the law will be argued within a 50-day period that ends April 17th. Each case could yield a very significant ruling impacting internet law. February 27: United States v. Microsoft The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard argument in a dispute over a federal criminal subpoena for…
CRAIGSLIST WEB SCRAPING CASE CONTINUES BIG QUESTION ON WHETHER CFAA BARS ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION The court refused to dismiss much of Craigslist’s claim against data scrapers. With respect to the CFAA claims, the court noted that The parties have not addressed a threshold question of whether the CFAA applies where the wner of an…
