united-kingdom internet software
Is it legal to send web requests on behalf of an app user in the UK?
<p>I wish to create an app which will order taxis from all available cab companies in the area and will cancel the other orders when at least one of the taxis is en route.</p>

<p>At the moment I am doing this by taking the users information, creating them an account, and sending web requests on their behalf to the cab companies endpoints with the user's permission, but without the cab companies (they do not have APIs - meaning they have not intentionally opened their site to allow requests from anything other than the web app they have designed).</p>

<p>I understand they may not be happy, but legally under UK law is there anything I need to worry about when doing this (expect from being liable from any incorrectly ordered cabs - but I would set up a limited liability company if I was ever to release to the public).</p>

<p>You are flawed in thinking that they have "intentionally opened their site": those web apps will almost certainly have terms of use.</p>

<p>Are you complying with the terms of use of each of the cab company's web site?</p>

<p>If not, and it's probably not, then you do not have permission to do what you are doing and if the cab company suffers loss, they can sue you.</p>
