I get asked all the time how I scrape data, so today I’m sharing my favorite tools - no technical knowledge needed. From ...

Let’s be honest: nobody dreams of spending their days copying and pasting data from websites into spreadsheets. Yet, for sales, marketing, and operations teams, the hunt for fresh leads, competitive ...

Data scraping does not quite look like a data breach. But in cases of "mass web scraping," the amount of users' data leaked may trigger breach reporting notification obligations in some jurisdictions.

While most people have heard of web scraping, far fewer likely realize just how widespread the practice actually is. As technology has grown incrementally, professionals from various industries have ...

Web scraping is an automated method of collecting data from websites and storing it in a structured format. We explain popular tools for getting that data and what you can do with it. I write to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. We cover emerging technology and digital innovation. With that in mind, Infochimps CEO Nick Ducoff, CTO Flip Kromer, and business ...

Is the data you share publicly on social networking sites like an announcement in a public place, where speech and information gathering are protected under the First Amendment? Or is it more like ...