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Old, unclear laws confuse the ethics of Web scraping, companies should look to best practices, experts say

By Robert Thomason ( March 27, 2018, 19:30 GMT | Insight) -- Old or unclear laws can confuse companies trying to obtain data by scraping or, conversely, seeking to protect themselves from it, experts said. The recent controversial techniques employed by Cambridge Analytica demonstrate the limits of the law and the need for good technical practices and tech-savvy policies, they said.Old or unclear laws can confuse companies trying to obtain data by scraping or, conversely, seeking to protect themselves from it, experts said, noting that the recent controversial techniques employed by Cambridge Analytica demonstrate the limits of the law and the need for good technical practices and tech-savvy policies....

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