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Leading the Charge in Ethical and Compliant Web Scraping

At Zyte, we’re not just pioneers in web scraping, we’re setting the standard for ethical and compliant data collection. 

Compliance built-in

Zyte API has built-in compliance features to keep your projects secure and responsible


  • Legally Compliant Schemas: structured data formats that meet legal standards

  • Website Blocking: automatic login restrictions for many sites that prohibit scraping

  • Rate Limiting: controls to monitor and prevent server overload

  • Compliant IP Sourcing: legally and ethically sourced residential IPs

  • KYC Checks: ensuring accountability in use cases and data access

Dedicated experts

Enterprise customers benefit from dedicated compliance experts to guide their data projects


  • Legal Compliance: assessments for personal data and copyright

  • Ethically Sourced Data: collaborating with you to ensure responsible data use

  • Connect with your Legal Team: confidently navigate web scraping with compliance at the forefront


Your data project will get a compliance review and dedicated hours from our in-house legal team.

Compliance certification

We are helping to redefine what it means to scrape data responsibly


  • GDPR and CCPA: leading experts on how these laws impact data extraction

  • EWDCI co-founders: Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative (EWDCI) certification program

  • FISD Alternative Data Standards: co-authors of the leading standards


The EWDCI certification is a welcome signal to customers, partners, and the public that you operate a web data extraction business that operates at the highest degree of ethics.

Step-by-step guide to compliant web scraping

To help you embark on your web scraping journey responsibly and ethically, we’ve created a checklist to guide you through essential compliance considerations.


Review each item—if you answer “Yes” to any of the following, consult a legal advisor or talk to us.

Check out our helpful guides to get started!

Most companies needing web scraping lack a dedicated team to advise on ethical data collection. At Zyte, ethical web scraping is at the heart of what we do.

Overview of the legality of web scraping

The ultimate guide to legal web scraping

Web Scraping Best Practices

Guidelines to follow when scraping the web

Compliant web scraping checklist

Is your web scraping project legal? A checklist to help you answer that question

Zyte API Compliance

Our integrated compliance focused protections

GDPR Compliance for Web Scrapers

A step-by-step guide to evaluate your web scraping project for GDPR compliance