The global networking site loses a legal battle, small startup opens the floodgate for scraping data legally from LinkedIn - what does it mean for others in the industry? The ruling states clear - algorithms can dig through the data that’s widely available.

1. What Does The
LinkedIn’s Loss Mean
For Businesses?

2. STEPS TO GO
Lawsuit
The global networking site loses a legal battle, the California-based
startup opens the floodgate for scraping data legally from LinkedIn,
and third parties can’t wait to get the ball rolling - scanning for,
processing and collecting data has seemingly never been so easy and
allowed for.
What does the August decision of the American court mean for
sales and marketing experts?

3. STEPS TO GO
The August decision of the court is the outcome of a complaint
lodged earlier this year by hiQ. The startup has been scraping data
from LinkedIn (using its analytics tools to process LinkedIn data using
a self-optimizing algorithm, which has been combing through the site
in search of email addresses).
Social site released an official statement asking HiQ to terminate scraping
because in their opinion the practice has been violating user privacy.

4. STEPS TO GO
Precedent?
The hiQ Labs vs. LinkedIn Corp case is extremely important, because
it may constitute a precedent for the online industry and the global
economy, which is becoming increasingly reliant on data.
“This is an important victory - not only for us, but for every company that
utilizes publicly available data in the services it provides.”

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