10 Total
1 High severity
8 Medium severity
1 Low severity
Summary

This document establishes the terms of service applicable to users of the DoorDash and Caviar platforms for food and goods delivery or pickup. Section 14 establishes a mandatory individual arbitration requirement for dispute resolution and specifies that users waive participation in class action proceedings, with an opt-out mechanism available through written notice submitted within 30 days of initial acceptance. The agreement incorporates DoorDash's Privacy Policy and additional policies by reference, making those documents controlling provisions governing personal information handling and service terms.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is DoorDash's Consumer Terms and Conditions (effective September 3, 2025), governing access to and use of DoorDash's online marketplace platform, Technology, and Services across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico, with a stated legal basis as a binding contract between users and the applicable DoorDash entity for their jurisdiction. The agreement states that users consent to DoorDash's Privacy Policy by using the Services, authorizes DoorDash to collect, use, and disclose personal information in accordance with that policy, and requires users to submit most disputes to individual binding arbitration (Section 14) with a class action waiver, subject to limited exceptions including sexual harassment and sexual assault claims for US consumers and a separate dispute framework for New Zealand consumers. Section 14's arbitration clause and class action waiver are subject to a 30-day opt-out window for new users, and the agreement notes that the arbitration provisions do not apply to Quebec consumers; the breadth of the class action waiver and the retroactive application to claims that arose before the effective date are provisions that may be constrained by applicable consumer protection law in certain jurisdictions, particularly in Australia, Canada, and the EU. The document engages with the FTC Act (unfair or deceptive practices), CCPA and US state consumer protection frameworks, Australian Consumer Law, and general international consumer protection regimes; compliance obligations vary materially by jurisdiction, and the agreement acknowledges these differences through jurisdiction-specific carve-outs in the arbitration, warranty disclaimer, and liability limitation sections.

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1 important change detected

2 versions captured · Last updated: May 2026

What changed DoorDash removed the header line identifying the document's country and language jurisdiction (Country / Jurisdiction United States Document Language English) from the opening of its Terms of Service on May 11, 2026. The contact information section for all four jurisdictions (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) remains unchanged. This is a formatting or organizational modification with no material change to the substantive terms, obligations, or user rights.
Why this matters This change does not materially affect the terms consumers operate under. The removal of the header line identifying the document's country and language jurisdiction is a formatting change. All substantive terms, contact information, and user obligations remain unchanged. No consumer action is required.
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Last Captured May 11, 2026 14:55 UTC
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Document ID CA-D-000133
Version ID CA-V-002407
SHA-256 0d9bb53a02bf2bccd3b112e21ea3b5f45de9338d52e60d0b4af037e13d19992d
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