Caution you should take when applying Web Scraping to your strategy

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Now we need to talk about the ethical and legal limits of Web Scraping. First of all, it should be said that the practice is not illegal in itself.

But in some cases, there are barriers that you need to be aware of so that you don't act wrongly and suffer negative consequences.

The fact is that many websites have specific policies and actions to prohibit or stop data mining. Here are the main points of attention and how to act with each one:

Robots.txt – This file may contain restrictions on what jordan mobile database can and cannot be crawled. Respect its limitations to avoid bad consequences.
Terms of Service: Finding that the terms of service do not apply in this case is not entirely true. If one complains in court, the statements in these terms may be valid.
Laws where the site is hosted: If the site is hosted in another country, care must be taken not to infringe local data protection laws.
Crawl Rate – The faster the bots run, the more hits they have on the server . The higher the chance that the site will perceive this as an attack. Take it easy on the crawl rate.
Scraper ID: Creating an ID file for your Scraper, indicating who you are and how you will use the data, is a good practice that can prevent problems.
Protection of collected data: If the data you want to use is copyrighted, it is best not to collect it.