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Database Access After Failed Negotiations Didn’t Violate the CFAA–Carfax v. Accu-Trade

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The court agreed that, while the parties were discussing a possible relationship, Carfax had granted Accu-trade and company some sort of access to the information in question. This case involves two companies battling over VIN and license plate information as well. Case citation : Carfax, Inc. Eventbrite. AcademyOne.

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court says companies who make their data publicly available are not without recourse. The majority of web scrapers don’t collect PII, and so to dictate all web-scraping jurisprudence based on a fact-pattern that only applies to subsection of those companies is problematic. Eric’s Comments. Those claims RARELY succeed.