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What if the user is provided with permission to view medical records - your medical records for example? Would it be ok to scrape and sell those? What about children's school profiles and records?


Selling medical records would fall under a different law same goes for sharing credit #s cards you collect.

I think the issue is around public data here. If you made medical records available to the public you would be in trouble in many countries. Sharing those may land you in the same trouble as the website who initially posted it under that law. The person shouldn't be charged with unauthorized access because the materials are public.


See the first line.

If there is a problem with that, see the second line


For shame!




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