Is it illegal for crawlers to crawl data, is it illegal for crawlers?

Legal Analysis: May be illegal. The data of the crawler is generally not illegal, because the data crawled by the crawler is also the data that the user can see when opening the page, but if the following conditions are met, there will be legal risks when the data is forcibly collected.

may result in an infringement of privacy.

Legal basis: Article 110 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China Natural persons enjoy rights such as the right to life, the right to body, the right to health, the right to name, the right to portrait, the right to reputation, the right to honor, the right to privacy, and the right to marital autonomy. Legal persons and unincorporated organizations enjoy the right to name, reputation and honor.

The legitimacy of crawling data by crawlers depends on how and for what purpose it is used. In legal cases, crawlers can be used in multiple fields such as data collection, search engine indexing, and public opinion monitoring. However, if the use of crawlers violates relevant laws and regulations or infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of others, it may constitute an illegal act.

Therefore, when using crawlers for data collection, it is recommended to comply with relevant laws and regulations, and to respect the rules and privacy policy of **. Octopus Collector is a comprehensive, simple and widely applicable Internet data collector. If you need to collect data, Octopus Collector can provide you with intelligent identification and flexible custom collection rule settings to help you quickly obtain the data you need.

Web crawlers themselves are not illegal, but when using web crawlers, you need to comply with relevant laws and regulations and ** usage regulations. The premise of the legal use of web crawlers is to obtain **permission or abide by ** use agreement, and shall not infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of others. Octopus Crawler is a legitimate web crawler tool that can only collect data that is publicly available on web pages and data from its own web background.

If you need to use an octopus collector, please make sure to comply with the relevant laws and regulations and the usage regulations of **. To learn more about the functions and cooperation cases of octopus collectors, please go to the official website for more details.

Legal analysis: In the following three situations, crawlers may violate the law, and even constitute a crime

Crawlers circumvent the anti-crawler measures set by the operator or crack the anti-scraping measures of the server, and illegally obtain relevant information, and if the circumstances are serious, it may constitute the crime of "illegally obtaining computer information system data".

If the crawler interferes with the normal operation of the accessed ** or the system, and the consequences are serious, it violates the criminal law and constitutes the crime of "destroying computer information systems".

If the information collected by the crawler is citizens' personal information, it may constitute an illegal act of illegally obtaining citizens' personal information, and if the circumstances are serious, it may constitute the crime of "infringing on citizens' personal information".

Legal basis: Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 285 Whoever violates State regulations by intruding into computer information systems in the fields of State affairs, national defense construction, or cutting-edge science and technology shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or short-term detention.

Where state provisions are violated by invading computer information systems other than those provided for in the preceding paragraph or employing other technical means to obtain data stored, processed, or transmitted in that computer information system, or by illegally controlling the computer information system, and the circumstances are serious, a sentence of up to three years imprisonment or short-term detention is to be given, and/or a fine; where the circumstances are especially serious, the sentence is between three and seven years imprisonment and a concurrent fine.

Where programs or tools are provided specifically for the purpose of invading or illegally controlling computer information systems, or providing programs or tools to others while clearly knowing that they are committing illegal or criminal acts of invading or illegally controlling computer information systems, and the circumstances are serious, punishment is to be given in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Where a unit commits the crimes in the preceding three paragraphs, the unit is to be fined, and the directly responsible managers and other directly responsible personnel are to be punished in accordance with the provisions of those paragraphs.

Article 253-1: Where relevant state provisions are violated by providing citizens' personal information to others** or to others, and the circumstances are serious, a sentence of up to three years imprisonment or short-term detention is to be given, and/or a fine; where the circumstances are especially serious, the sentence is between three and seven years imprisonment and a concurrent fine.

Legal analysis: The crawler itself is not illegal, but it is illegal to obtain other people's information after logging in, because these data are not open to tourists, and unilaterally only authorize internal members to view and browse, but it certainly does not give you the right to **.

Legal basis: Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 7: The state is to actively carry out international exchanges and cooperation in areas such as cyberspace governance, research and development of network technologies, the formulation of standards, and the fight against cyber violations and crimes, promoting the building of a peaceful, secure, open, and cooperative cyberspace, and establishing a multilateral, democratic, and transparent network governance system.

Article 8: The state internet information departments are responsible for the overall planning and coordination of network security efforts and related oversight and management efforts. In accordance with the provisions of this Law and relevant laws and administrative regulations, the competent departments for telecommunications, public security departments, and other relevant organs are responsible for network security protection, oversight, and management efforts within the scope of their respective duties. The network security protection and oversight and management duties of the relevant local people's departments at the county level or above are to be determined in accordance with relevant state provisions.