Questions tagged [internet]
For questions about the internet. Please ensure a tag for the jurisdiction is also included. This tag should not be used when the question does not crucially hinge on internet usage or involvement.
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Can you be accused of hotlinking/copyright violation if you use an iframe?
Can you be accused of hotlinking or copyright infringement if you use an iframe (web element) of another website?
Can you be sued for this if the website doesn't prevent iframe using and doesn't ...
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Is it infringement to give a link to a copyrighted file?
Does posting a link to a copyrighted file, such that accessing the linked file would constitute infringement, but where the file itself is not on my servers, constitute any sort of crime or ...
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Can Google legally host images for its search results without permission?
Google crawls websites, and downloads the images to their servers along with the related metadata. These images are then presented to the user when searching Google for related images.
If the owner ...
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GDPR Compliance: Do all Cookies require Opt-In?
Given a Web Site which uses cookies for the following:
User Preferences
Bookmarked Articles
Cookie Preferences
what explicit permissions would be required from the user?
Here I anticipate the ...
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Where can I find a comprehensive document of computer laws?
I am interested in computers and want to pursue this interest further by getting my education in programming and security. I've only just started so I'm scared that I might break some law that was not ...
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Sexting and age
This question is about sexting (a person sending a sexually explicit image of themself to a recipient by electronic means).
When can the recipient get in trouble with the law if the person sending ...
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Is downloading YouTube videos legal?
I've always been under the assumption that doing such was illegal. I don't see any difference between downloading music from YouTube and downloading music from The Pirate Bay.
Apparently, there is ...
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What jurisdictions could a crime committed in an internet chat room fall under?
This arose from an actual conversation in chat. The question was originally posed by Doorknob.
Let's say that someone denied the Holocaust in a message posted in a Stack Exchange chat room. This is a ...
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Is it really possible to use Google Analytics without consent, and if so, why exactly?
I'm asking about the GDPR and the European Union. Lots of websites claim that it is possible to use Google Analytics without asking for the user's consent. Even some answers here suggest that it is ...
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How to Prove, Legally, That a User Actually Clicked the "I Accept" for TOS, etc
In a click-wrap scenario, how does one prove, legally, that a user actually clicked or checked the "i accept" or equivalent on a given site.
e.g. what if the website owner doesn't track clicks, ...
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International sexting: how often is sexting overseas prosecuted? (Please read details)
I am asking for someone dear to me. This will be a hypothetical example.
Hypothetically, if a 19 year old male (living overseas, say in Turkey) sexts/exchanges nudes with a female who says she is 18 ...
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Bypassing website's paywall by modifying HTTP request headers
Recently I see some debates about bypassing paywalls by modifying browser's HTTP request as stated on ghack.
Most paywalled websites allow users to read a certain number of free articles before ...
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How prominent must terms of service be?
How easy must it be to find a website's terms of service? I assume that if it's very difficult to find, then users couldn't be reasonably expected to know the terms of service. Are there any ...
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"Right of access by the data subject" if the IP address is the only personal data
IP addresses are "personal data" according to the GDPR. When saving IP addresses in web server access logs, data subjects have the right to get the log entries for the IP addresses they used (article ...
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Terms and condition for web scraping
I intend to scrape (download all articles) from a newspaper website which has some terms and conditions listed in its footer. The part which seems to be in my interest is as follows:
You shall not ...
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