Web scraping is a data collection method by which the source
code of a website is searched programmatically and the required data are extracted from it. Various characteristics and price data on products for sale are scraped monthly from online shops. Data are collected from hardware stores operating on the web. The data will be used in the calculation of the Building Cost Index starting from data concerning 2022.
The data will be used in the calculation of the Building Cost Index starting from data concerning 2022.
Statistics Finland scrapes data from the Internet for statistics production. Risks related to the quality of data acquired by web scraping are identified and assessed before decisions are made concerning web scraping. Using of web scraping as a data collection method is reported in connection with the publication of the statistics.
All data collected for statistical purposes are confidential. When processing data, it is seen to that no person's privacy or business or professional secret are endangered. Every person employed by Statistics Finland has signed a pledge of secrecy.