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Is sharing code of a web scraping snippet allowed? [closed]
I made a script to extract the whole list of extensions from the Chrome Web Store (https://chromewebstore.google.com/). This script does not use authentication.
I didn't find anything related in their ...
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Use Google API with an easy Cookie banner (notice) in germany / EU?
I plan to use a Google API interface for my web shop (Germany) to optimize transport costs for customers (API request on the google server for every price calculation).
The API interface would then be ...
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Google consent mode and GDPR
Suppose one had a facebook pixel tags set up on google tag manager, and they are firing with google consent mode, meaning, if people refuse the cookies, a cookieless ping will be sent (for instance) ...
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User ID and GDPR
Is the user ID compliant with GDPR?
Imagine that a company starts associating a userID when you create an account on the website.
Just the company will be able to associate the userID with a specific ...
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What are the potential consequences of pursuing a copyright dispute regarding StackExchange content?
A few weeks ago, I discovered this site, which just seems to be a wholesale copy of a very large amount of StackExchange content.
There is no attribution or acknowledgement of any sort, and in fact ...
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Is it a felony or crime to publish prices of supermarkets on our website?
As you know, we all shop at supermarkets and their price tags are public for people. I've seen some websites that publish the prices of three different supermarkets, and I've seen Google Adsense ads ...
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Does Google routinely form contracts by accessing web sites with their crawler?
Many web sites contain terms of service, where the web site puts a link to "Terms" or similar, and anyone who accesses the web site forms a contract with the web site operator under those ...
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Using Sentry in an app targeting children below 13 years
We have created a children game using Unity and therein we use SentrySDK for automatic bug reporting.
Since our app is targeting children under 13 years, we need to comply with
COPPA
GDPR
Google's ...
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Legal consequences of an accidental Google search
I am someone who frequents several imageboards. As often happens, because there's complete anonymity, people often say the most insane, outrageous and vile stuff imaginable. Against my better ...
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Does gdpr.eu violate GDPR compliancy?
As I understand it, the GDPR does not permit sending of personal information (which includes the IP address) without prior consent by the user. If that's true, it's basically impossible to fetch any ...
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Is it legal for google street view images to see in my house (EU)?
My aunt lives somewhere on the territory of European Union and I navigated to her house in street view mode on Google Maps. I noticed that by navigating those images you can see into her house!
You ...
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Considering the licence, can I use ADB for other purposes than creating an Android application?
When I try to download Android SDK Platform-Tools (with ADB) from the official site (https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools) it is required to accept the license that states (...
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Does the GDPR's "right to be forgotten" extend to Google's search results?
I have recently "googled" my own full name and found out that some comments I made during my teens have been indexed by Google. Back then I have used my full name as a user-name on that ...
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GDPR issues with Google sharing suspected child abuse images with law enforcement
I recently read of a man who had a Google account. His son's doctor asked for photos of a medical issue his son was having around his groin area, so his wife used his phone to take some. Google ...
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Do I violate the EU GDPR when I host a static website on Google?
To my knowledge IP addresses are considered personal data under the GDPR and thus may only be processed under one of several conditions (one being user consent). There has also been a verdict in a ...
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Can I use Google Cloud text-to-speech to create and monetize an audiobook from a public domain book?
I have text for a book in the public domain. I use Google Cloud speech-to-text to convert the book into an audio format. Can I distribute/monetize the resulting audiobook as I wish?
Previous question ...
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Did Google illegitimately unpublish my app from the store? And can I sue them?
I have an app with lots of downloads and 4.8* reviews on the Play Store for over the last 2 years. In the last update we submitted they decided to check the Privacy-URL as well. This URL was temporary ...
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Is it legal to install Google apps unofficially? [closed]
May Google sue me if I install Google apps unofficially on my device (from The Open GApps Project for example) and sign in with my account? or will Google delete my account instead?
The need for this ...
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Mobile Application Trademark Dispute Help
I am owner of "EXAMPLE" word. This Trademark word is registered on November 2021. This trademark is registered in only India.
Now one Android app in Google Play Store is using this trademark ...
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Google CCPA Request
In Google's CCPA report, it claims that users can request data deletion via this link. However, the link provides no way to submit a request, and Google claims that there is no Google-wide support ...
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Google's Terms of Service
How to interpret Google's Terms of Service with respect to this statement: "You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our services or software" that can be found under ...
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Counter DMCA Google play
Suppose that a person received a DMCA takedown notice about a month ago and has filed a couple of counter notices, but and always gets an automated response saying "We are unable to take ...
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is using APIs that scrape translations and audio files from google translation website legal?
Is it legal to use an API that is based on scraping translations and audio files (of the translations) from Google Translation, for personal use? I am not sure of the terms of use of Google Translate ...
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Is direct advertisement allowed on mobile android app? [closed]
Suppose that an app developer D wants to advertise on a mobile android app. D is aware that that there is the ad network platform admob provided by google, but D does not want to use it.
D wants to ...
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On what basis can Google decide that 13 is the age of autonomy for its users?
On what basis can Google, Facebook, Tik Tok (to name a few) determine that the age of 13 is the age from which a person has all the privileges needed for the management of his account when the age of ...
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UK privacy lawsuit against Google
The UK Supreme Court has blocked a class action lawsuit against Google which demanded £750 per person for a few million individuals. The suit was bought over the stealthy collection of the web ...
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From a purely legal standpoint, is it allowed to embed Google apps (like docs) in your website using iframes?
So, some time ago Google removed the X-Frame-Options header from Docs / Sheets / ...
Does that mean, from a purely legal standpoint, that it is allowed to embed their applications on my website via ...
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Can I store data from Google Maps API for personal, educational use? [2021]
On the one hand, in previous questions, people write that you cannot (but I am not sure what use they are talking about), and on the other hand, Google itself 'proposes' to store API data in its ...
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Do I own the code I write for analysis and applications using Google Earth Engine?
The terms of service for Google Earth Engine has the following sections:
7.4 Termination for Convenience. Customer may stop using the Services at any time with or without notice. Customer may ...
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How a country can fine an Internet company from another country?
Recently France fined Google. Google intends to comply. Why? How a country can fine an Internet company from another country? I understand that Google's business is mostly ads. As long as France is ...
