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LinkedIn settles scraping lawsuit against Singapore-based firm

May 11, 2022

LinkedIn announced it has resolved its federal lawsuit against Singapore-based Mantheos Pte. Ltd. and its founders for the alleged unauthorized scraping of millions of LinkedIn member profiles.

Mantheos is a business intelligence company providing data on individuals and companies. LinkedIn filed the lawsuit Feb. 1.

As part of the resolution, Mantheos agreed to permanently delete all scraped LinkedIn member profile data, destroy all software it used to scrape LinkedIn profiles, and stop accessing LinkedIn member profile data through scraping or other automated means.

“Unauthorized scraping of member data violates LinkedIn’s Use Agreement, and LinkedIn continues taking legal and proactive technical measures to prevent this type of illegal abuse,” LinkedIn stated. “These actions are designed to protect the LinkedIn community and keep control of member data in the hands of our members, not unauthorized third parties.”