论网络爬虫的刑事合规

网络爬虫本身是一种中立性的技术应用,但由于适用情景的多样性以及技术原理的复杂性,其确实存在一定的刑事风险。就网络爬虫的治理而言,其重点不是对越过合法边界的技术行为进行刑事处罚,而是在进行刑事规制时尽可能地确保合法的爬虫应用不受干扰。对此,有必要引入刑事合规理念,针对网络爬虫的规制构建专项合规规则。一方面,应充分重视网络爬虫的技术特点以及该技术所蕴含的信息自由、数据经济以及技术创新等积极利益;另一方面,需要根据现有刑法规范准确分析网络爬虫技术所涉及的刑事责任,在犯罪预防的基础上为网络爬虫技术的适用创造宽松的环境。

On the Criminal Compliance of Web Crawler

The web crawler itself is a neutral technical application, and its technical principles and function settings have no obvious tendency to violate the law. However, due to the diversity of applicable scenarios and the complexity of technical principle, web crawling technology does have certain criminal risks. As far as the governance of web crawlers is concerned, the focus is not to impose criminal penalties on technical behaviors that cross legal boundaries, but to ensure that legitimate crawler applications are not interfered and fully developed when criminal regulations are carried out. In this regard, it is necessary to introduce the concept of criminal compliance and build special compliance rules for the regulation of web crawlers. On the one hand, full attention should be paid to the technical characteristics of web crawlers and the positive benefits of information freedom, data economy, and technological innovation contained in the technology;on the other hand, it is necessary to accurately analyze the criminal responsibilities involved in web crawling technology in accordance with the existing criminal laws and regulations, Creating a relaxed environment for the application of web crawler technology on the basis of crime prevention.