Web Scraping and the Rise of Data Access Agreements: Best Practices to Regain Control of Your Data

As the race for real-time data access intensifies, organizations are confronting a growing legal and operational challenge: web scraping. What began as a fringe tactic by hobbyists has evolved into a sophisticated, multibillion-dollar ecosystem driven by commercial data aggregators. Think of it as digital fly fishing – automated bots cast wide nets across public-facing websites, harvesting pricing data, product listings, reviews, and more, often faster than a human could click “refresh.” These…
By: Baker Donelson