Terms of Service Analyzer
Paste a website's Terms of Service below and we'll highlight clauses related to web scraping, automated access, data collection, and intellectual property restrictions.
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This tool scans Terms of Service text for clauses commonly used to restrict web scraping and automated data collection. It identifies four categories of relevant language:
- Scraping restrictions — explicit prohibitions on crawling, scraping, spidering, or automated access
- Data collection clauses — restrictions on harvesting, mining, extracting, or collecting data
- Intellectual property — copyright assertions, database rights, and content ownership claims
- Enforcement provisions — termination rights, injunctive relief, and legal action clauses
While ToS violations are generally a breach of contract (not criminal), courts have given varying weight to ToS prohibitions in scraping cases. In hiQ v. LinkedIn, the court noted that ToS alone cannot create CFAA liability for accessing public data. However, in Craigslist v. 3Taps, a ToS violation combined with technical blocking was treated more seriously.