Inman Connect
Zillow sent a cease-and-desist letter this week to a data startup that, the letter argues, was improperly “harvesting” data from the online real estate giant.
The letter went out Monday to a company called Datafiniti. The Texas-based company offers “instant access to every data point on the web,” and claims to have data sets that include millions of people, products and businesses.
It provides this data to firms in a variety of industries — its website touts clients such as cable TV channel Nickelodeon and marketing firm Wishpond — including those in real estate. The company’s property section specifically promises to let clients “access every real estate listing on the web instantly.”