US law

HiQ vs LinkedIn (2022) cemented that scraping public data is generally not a CFAA violation. EFF case page →. The asterisk: bypassing technical access controls (paywalls, login walls) can still be illegal.

EU + GDPR

Public business data is fine. Personal data (named individuals' details, photos) requires lawful basis under GDPR. Our compliance page →

Site terms of service

Generally not enforceable as criminal law in either US or EU, though they can support a breach-of-contract civil claim. Most public data scraping doesn't trigger this.

The real rules

(1) Only scrape what's publicly visible — no logins, no paywalls. (2) Don't overload sites — respect rate limits. (3) Don't claim you generated the data. (4) Honour robots.txt as a courtesy. Livescraper does all four for you.

Try it free

500 free rows every month, no credit card. Same data described in this article.

Start free