What is the Compliance Scanner?

The Compliance Scanner assesses legal and regulatory risk for any Apify actor before you scrape. It analyzes the actor's metadata — name, description, categories, and README — to detect PII collection indicators, Terms of Service exposure against 13 major platforms, and applicable regulations across 6 jurisdictions. The scan checks three risk categories. PII risk scans for 18 keywords that indicate personal data collection: email, phone, name, address, salary, resume, identity, and more. ToS risk matches against known platform policies: LinkedIn and Facebook are HIGH risk (active litigation), Amazon and Google are MEDIUM, Reddit and Yelp are LOW. Authentication risk flags actors accessing content behind login walls, relevant to CFAA compliance. The scan produces an overall risk level (LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH), lists applicable regulations (GDPR, CCPA, CFAA, CAN-SPAM, PIPEDA, ePrivacy Directive), and provides actionable recommendations like 'document your lawful basis for processing personal data under GDPR' or 'add opt-out mechanism for email collection.' Compliance Scanner costs $0.15 per scan and does NOT run the target actor — it reads metadata only. Visit apifyforge.com/tools/compliance-scanner for documentation.