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VIDEO: Is Online Scraping Legal?

Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog discuss their article, The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Privacy and Scraping, 113 Cal. L. Rev. 1521 (2025). They argue that scraping, which is essential for AI, is inconsistent with nearly all core privacy principles in privacy laws. Is there a way to reconcile scraping and privacy?

Cartoon – Online Scraping

My new cartoon about online scraping. If you want to learn more about my thoughts on scraping, please download (free) my article with Professor Woodrow Hartzog, The Great Scrape: The Clash Between AI Scraping and Privacy, 113 California Law Review 1521 (2025). Also, please tune in to my upcoming online discussion with Professor Hartzog: Is […]

Teaching Privacy Law

Today I’ve gathered some materials for teaching privacy law. Webinar: Teaching Information Privacy Law I have a video on Teaching Information Privacy Law.  In this video (1 hour), eight law professors discuss our privacy law classes. Daniel Solove (GW Law) Anita Allen (Penn Law) Lior Strahilevitz (Chicago Law) Jolynn Dellinger (Duke Law) Najarian Peters (Kansas Law) Alicia Solow-Niederman (GW […]

Teaching Children About Privacy

Teaching children about privacy is crucial, as their futures will be intertwined with technology that uses personal data. Unfortunately, many K-12 schools do not adequately address this topic. The EyeMonger: My Children’s Book About Privacy I wrote The Eyemonger to introduce children to the topic of privacy. My goal is for this book to spark […]