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LinkedIn forces data scraping company to delete Claude dataset

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A company that scraped data from LinkedIn for use with Claude was forced to delete its entire dataset. The scraping company received a cease and desist letter from LinkedIn, leading to the removal of all collected data. Despite this, the author claims they can still access LinkedIn data within Claude without logging in. AI

IMPACT Data scraping for AI model training faces legal challenges, potentially impacting future data acquisition methods.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a company using a tool (.claude) to scrape data from a platform (LinkedIn) and the subsequent legal action taken by the platform against the scraper.

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LinkedIn forces data scraping company to delete Claude dataset

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The cluster describes a company using a tool (.claude) to scrape data from a platform (LinkedIn) and the subsequent legal action taken by the platform against the scraper.
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  1. Medium — Claude tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Automation - Hub ·

    LinkedIn made a scraping company delete everything. I still get LinkedIn data into Claude, no login

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@the.ai.entrepreneur.ai.hub/linkedin-made-a-scraping-company-delete-everything-i-still-get-linkedin-data-into-claude-no-login-39796a5b2ae6?source=rss------claude-5"><img src="https://cdn-images…

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