LinkedIn sues software company allegedly scraping data from millions of profiles
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LinkedIn has sued ProAPIs and its CEO over an alleged operation that used fake accounts to scrape data from millions of profiles. The complaint says the company sold that information to third parties and charged as much as $15,000 per month. LinkedIn also alleges that ProAPIs promoted its service using LinkedIn’s trademark and repeatedly evaded detection by creating large numbers of accounts. The case highlights growing pressure on platforms and software vendors around data access, scraping, and privacy compliance.
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