| ▲ | mebkorea 8 hours ago | |
Fair points and I appreciate the feedback. Database right is real but the threshold is "substantial part". I'm literally only showing aggregates and letting people search by postcode. I'm not completely republishing council databases. Think that's defensible, but not gonna pretend that it's 100% black and white. On CMA, I'd push back. That's about unauthorised access. These portals are public-facing and the data's published deliberately for people to view. Rotating user-agents isn't bypassing security in any meaningful way... I'm not breaking auth or guessing passwords. I back off when portals signal they're unhappy (Liverpool's WAF actively rate-limited me which is why that data's stale). No council has reached out so far. Could change ofc. Solo founder with no legal team though, so happy to be told I've got it wrong. | ||