The EDPB’s 03/2026 guidance places generative-AI scraping firmly inside GDPR analysis whenever personal data enters the training pipeline, turning dataset design into a compliance and security problem at the same time.
The latest EDPB guidance puts web scraping for generative AI under a sharper compliance lens, especially where public web data contains personal information.
A reverse-engineered iOS SDK linked to Bright Data shows how consumer apps can turn always-on smart TVs and other household devices into residential exit nodes for web-scraping traffic.
As AI bots flood the Internet, a covert arms race is reshaping how websites defend themselves and how information flows online.
As AI systems hunger for more online data, France’s privacy watchdog warns that web scraping is a legal minefield with major risks for individual rights.