The EWDCI Blog provides timely updates, insights, and commentary on the evolving world of web data collection—from emerging policies and legal frameworks to innovations in ethical scraping practices and transparency standards.

As the collective voice of responsible data aggregation professionals, we advocate for ethical norms, defend against harmful regulations, and promote industry-wide standards that build public trust in web data practices.

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Recent Posts:

• You Can’t Win the AI Race by Burning the Track April 3, 2025
• The Hidden Foundation of the AI Race: Ethics in Data Collection February 5, 2025
• Is Web Scraping Legal? Navigating Terms of Service and Best Practices January 7, 2025
• EWDCI Position Statement on Training AI with Public Personal Data July 15, 2024
• Discussing Ethical Web Data Collection on InsideAnalysis April 26, 2023
• Ethics of Web Data – An Interview with i2Coalition December 13, 2022

Member Spotlights:

• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: Nimble November 19, 2024
• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: ProxyRack August 22 2024
• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: ProxyEmpire June 26, 2024
• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: Coresignal June 25, 2024
• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: Rayobite June 24, 2024
• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: Zyte June 21, 2024
• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: Smartproxy June 20, 2024
• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: OxyLabs June 18, 2024
• EWDCI Member Spotlight Q&A: NetNut May 20, 2024

About EWDCI + i2Coalition

The Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative (EWDCI) seeks to foster cooperation in the web data collection and aggregation industry and leverage collective first-hand knowledge and insights to advocate for beneficial technical standards and business best practices regarding the aggregation of data. The EWDCI is dedicated to serving as the voice of the industry, collaboratively strengthening public trust in the practice of Data Aggregation, promoting ethical guidelines, and helping businesses make informed data aggregation choices. 

The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition, i2C) is the leading voice for web hosting companies, data centers, domain registrars and registries, cloud infrastructure providers, managed services providers, and related tech. The i2C works with Internet infrastructure providers to advocate for sensible policies, design and reinforce best practices, help create industry standards, and build awareness of how the Internet works. The i2Coalition also spearheaded the creation of the VPN Trust Initiative, which determined and promoted best practices for that vital industry.