Don't Let the Web Bugs Bite: How to Stop Spidering

Author: Mr Raffi Varoujian

Author position: Field Fisher Waterhouse

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Don't Let the Web Bugs Bite: How to Stop Spidering

Spiders and other

automated software agents are sent out by their owners to “search and retrieve”

useful information from the internet on behalf of their owners. They are

invaluable tools for ensuring search engines are kept up-to-date and for market

research purposes. But they are also used by companies to dig the dirt on their

rivals.

To what extent is spidering legal and

what can be done to prevent it? Solicitor Raffi Varoujian of City law firm

Field Fisher Waterhouse discusses the options.

Spiders can be assigned a specific ...