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Scraping for Me, Not for Thee: Large Language Models, Web Data, and Privacy-Problematic Paradigms

February 27, 2025

More than just hypocrisy (though that as well), the supposed reaction to DeepSeek’s model speaks to a troubling AI company argument—one that positions mass web scraping and large-scale data ingestion, sans consent, as a necessity, and an act in which only the companies themselves are entitled to partake.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Security
- Government AI Use
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Social Media Privacy
- Web Scraping
- Analysis
EPIC Comments to NIST on Managing the Risks of Misuse with AI Foundation Models

September 11, 2024
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Web Scraping
- APA Comments
WBEZ Chicago: GOP-tilted websites showed where Illinois judges live despite a law that protects their privacy

September 3, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Voter Privacy
- Web Scraping
- News
Bloomberg Law: AI’s Data Appetite Is Huge. That’s a Problem for Privacy Laws

July 24, 2024
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Web Scraping
- News
MediaPost: California Assembly Passes Bill Requiring Browser Developers To Offer Opt-Out Tool

May 24, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Web Scraping
- News
Senate AI Roadmap Fails to Recognize or Address AI Harms

May 15, 2024
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government AI Use
- Social Media Privacy
- Web Scraping
- Updates
Generating Harms

May 14, 2024
- Access to Information
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Children's Privacy
- Commercial AI Use
- Communications Privacy
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Election Security
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government AI Use
- Government Records & Privacy
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- International Privacy
- International Privacy Laws
- Online Harassment
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Robocalls
- Screening & Scoring
- Social Media Privacy
- Student Privacy
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Web Scraping
- Workplace Privacy
EPIC Comments to UK ICO Call for Views on “Consent or Pay” Business Models

April 22, 2024

By notice published March 6, 2024, the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“UK ICO” or “the ICO”) has called for views regarding “consent or pay” business models (hereinafter “the Consultation”) to close on April 17, 2024.[1] This Consultation is intended to address an emerging business model where individuals are blocked from accessing a website unless they consent to their personal information being processed for the purpose of targeted advertising, or, as the ICO puts it, “pay a fee and not be tracked.”
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- International Privacy
- International Privacy Laws
- Privacy Laws
- Web Scraping
- Comments
EPIC Urges the NTIA to Tackle Privacy Harms, Bias, and Regulatory Hurdles in New Comment on AI Model Openness

March 28, 2024

Yesterday, EPIC submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in response to its request for comments on the risks and benefits of dual-use foundation models with widely available model weights, highlighting key privacy, bias, and regulatory hurdles that both closed and open AI models must overcome.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Government AI Use
- Web Scraping
- Updates
MIT Technology Review: The Download: new AI regulations, and a running robot

March 19, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Web Scraping
- News

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