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Australia should push companies away from screen-scraping to data-portability, report finds

By Laurel Henning ( September 30, 2022, 07:28 GMT | Insight) -- Australian companies are still using screen-scraping because of the poor quality of data linked to the country’s open-banking system, a new report has found. The independent review of Australia’s three-year old Consumer Data Right was published by the government this week, finding that the program’s data quality must improve to ensure it is seen as a viable alternative to the less secure practice of screen-scraping. The report also found that the CDR risks having anti-competitive effects by placing a disproportionate burden on smaller companies trying to comply with the amount of rules and standards linked to the data-portability program.Australian companies are still using screen-scraping because of the poor quality of data linked to the country’s open-banking system, a new report has found....

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