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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?

Webinar – The State Privacy Law Multiverse Blog

In this webinar, we discussed the growing privacy law activity in the U.S. states, including subject-specific laws involving AI, children’s data, biometric data, health data, reproductive health data, and more. We also discussed new general consumer privacy laws, regulations, enforcement, and other topics. Speakers: Daniel Solove (GW Law & TeachPrivacy) Keir Lamont (FPF)