Legally steal data from LinkedIn?

Did you know you can legally steal data from LinkedIn?

LinkedIn has always been very protective of their data.

The LinkedIn members database is considered one of the highest quality business resources.

LinkedIn guards it like Fort Knox.

For years, people have been trying to “scrape” data from LinkedIn.

LinkedIn is constantly making updates to prevent people from stealing your contact information.

It’s definitely a cat and mouse game that will never end.

In 2017 LinkedIn sent a cease-and-desist order to HiQ to prevent scraping the LinkedIn website.

HiQ Labs sued LinkedIn and the case made it all the way to the Supreme Court.

The case was returned to an appeals court for further clarification.

The other day, the appeals court reaffirmed their decision in favor of HiQ Labs.

The ruling says it’s okay for companies to scrape publicly available LinkedIn data.

What is publicly available on LinkedIn?

Did you know you have two LinkedIn profiles?

One version is available to people who are logged into LinkedIn and this data is protected under the court ruling.