Legal Considerations#
Venturing into legal considerations ⚖️, such as academic web scraping, and challenges under GDPR and CCPA.#
🚨 Data Scraping and Research Access#
The final frontier where Reddit’s explicit permission is non-negotiable. Yet, the hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn saga unveils a Pandora’s box of legal uncertainties around academic web scraping.
🔐 User Privacy Laws#
Reddit users grant an implicit license for public content visibility and analysis. But when users delete posts or accounts, the grey area emerges: retaining and using data under GDPR and CCPA becomes a minefield.