Have you seen the news that people are being fined for illegal scraping of LinkedIn?
In case you missed it
“On 5 December 2024, the CNIL imposed a fine of 240,000 euros on KASPR, in particular because it collected contact details of users on LinkedIn, even if they previously masked them.”
News article links are here and here
Better still, there is a complete list of applications banned by LinkedIn here
Are you aware that you can get banned from LinkedIn if you use a 3rd party to administer your LinkedIn profile
Either a third party company or somebody in your team
Which means that Linkedin will cut your account, never to be reopened
Apart from the embrasement to your network as you have to explain to them why you no longer exist on Linkedin
But the time and effort to start again, building a network from scratch
The Linkedin user agreement is here to save you time, clause 8.2 is the one to read
8.2.1 states
You agree that you will not:
- Create a false identity on LinkedIn, misrepresent your identity, create a Member profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person), or use or attempt to use another’s account (such as sharing log-in credentials or copying cookies);
The CNIL has imposed a fine of 240,000 euros on the company Kaspr. The company offers a Chrome extension that can retrieve the contact details of users of the social network LinkedIn, even if they have chosen to limit its visibility.
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