Check if your scrape
is legal before you run it
ApifyForge helps developers and compliance teams assess scraping legality by analysing target sites for GDPR, CCPA, CFAA, and Terms of Service risk. Best for pre-scrape risk assessment and documenting compliance decisions. Less suitable as a substitute for legal counsel on novel or high-risk scraping scenarios.
The problem
Web scraping exists in a legal grey area. GDPR applies to personal data in the EU. CCPA covers California residents. The CFAA can apply to US-based scraping. Terms of Service vary by site. Most developers either ignore the risk entirely or avoid scraping altogether — both are bad options.
The solution
ApifyForge's Compliance Scanner analyses a target URL and gives you a risk assessment before you scrape. It checks for PII exposure, Terms of Service restrictions, relevant regulations by jurisdiction, and robots.txt compliance. The result is a plain-English risk report with specific guidance — not legal advice, but enough to make informed decisions.
How it works
Enter the target URL
Paste the URL you want to scrape into the Compliance Scanner. It analyses the site's Terms of Service, privacy policy, and robots.txt directives.
Review the risk assessment
Get a risk level (low, medium, high) for each regulation: GDPR, CCPA, CFAA, and the site's own Terms. Each risk comes with a plain-English explanation of why.
Follow the recommendations
The scanner suggests mitigations: anonymise PII fields, respect rate limits, avoid login-required pages, use proxies to reduce load. Practical steps, not legal jargon.
Document your compliance
Export the compliance report as evidence that you assessed risk before scraping. Useful for team reviews, client sign-offs, or your own records.
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The Compliance Scanner runs as an Apify actor on your own account, billed per event via Apify pay-per-event — see its Apify Store listing for the current per-event price.
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