What is the risk of LinkedIn disabling public profiles?

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So after the HiQ vs Linkedin case, its clear that scraping public data without fake accounts is legal.What is the chance that Linkedin withdraws public profiles completely?I'm going to build a startup that uses public profile info, so I'm concerned naturally.

qnsi · Accepted Answer

I dont think anyone without insider info can tell.Platform risk is a serious problem to bet your startup on

What is the risk of LinkedIn disabling public profiles?

So after the HiQ vs Linkedin case, its clear that scraping public data without fake accounts is legal.
What is the chance that Linkedin withdraws public profiles completely?
I'm going to build a startup that uses public profile info, so I'm concerned naturally.

I dont think anyone without insider info can tell.
Platform risk is a serious problem to bet your startup on