Instacart restructured its Terms of Service on May 9, 2026, reorganizing the document with a new table of contents and section headers (Introduction and Key Points, About Instacart & How It Works, Product & Service-Specific Rules, etc.). The change summary indicates 367 sentences were added and 314 sentences were modified across a document now containing 688 sentences total. Without access to the full content of added and modified language, the operational significance of these changes cannot be determined from the provided diff context, which shows only structural reorganization of existing content.
Instacart rewrote its entire Terms of Service, adding 367 new sentences including sections on AI-powered services, updated arbitration procedures, and revised data handling practices. The restructuring makes it harder to compare what changed because the entire document was reorganized.
→ Review the complete updated Terms of Service at Instacart's website to identify any changes affecting your rights or data handling
Section reorganized; existing arbitration language retained but may have been modified in substance
New section header introduced; substantive content unknown from provided diff
New section header introduced; may indicate expanded disclosure of AI-driven features
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Instacart made material changes to its Terms of Service on May 9, 2026, with 367 sentences added and 314 modified across a restructured document. The provided diff context shows only organizational headers and does not …
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