International Association of Privacy ProfessionalsOpinion

Thought for the week: Web scraping for generative AI is subject to the GDPR

Organizations using scraped data for AI training should prepare for heightened expectations around data minimization, ...
GitHub

A quick and dirty HTTP/S "organic" traffic generator.

Just a simple (poorly written) Python script that aimlessly "browses" the internet by starting at pre-defined ROOT_URLS and randomly "clicking" links on pages until the pre-defined MAX_DEPTH is met. I ...

Web Scraper Sets $1 Million ‘Bug Bounty’ As Industry Scrutinized

Bright Data Ltd., an Israel-based startup that sells web scraping tools and datasets, is set to announce a $1 million “bug ...
Tech Times

GDPR Applies to AI Training Data: EU Ends Web Scraping Free Pass for Every Lab

GDPR AI training data guidelines adopted by the European Data Protection Board on July 8, 2026, end the free-pass era for ...

Cloudflare's latest AI rankings expose the web's biggest free rider

Anthropic's web scraping practices spotlight ethical AI dilemmas, with a high crawl-to-refer ratio undermining the digital ...