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Reviewer Must Have First-Hand Merchant Experience

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 350 other provisions on other platforms.

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DoorDash Medium

your Rating or Review will reflect your honest and truthful opinion and will be based on first-hand experience with the Merchant or business

Coinbase Medium

you promise and attest that you own and control all of the intellectual property rights to Your Content (or that you have the necessary license rights to the content) and that Your Content is lawful.

Tinder Medium

In assessing misuse, we consider factors such as evidence that a report was motivated by bias or hatred (e.g., based on protected characteristics such as race, sexual orientation, or gender identity) or other malicious intent.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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before posting a Rating or Review, you must have had recent first-hand experience with the Merchant

Excerpt from Grubhub's Terms of Use

Provision details

Document information
Document
Grubhub Terms of Use
Entity
Grubhub
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-028422
Document ID
CA-D-00145
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
7704b5d9ba71aeb92f860ac239dafe95ac081deac40e207ef12adae1d1884dbe
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 04:13 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Grubhub
Document: Grubhub Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-028422
Captured: 2026-05-08 04:13:09 UTC
SHA-256: 7704b5d9ba71aeb9…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/grubhub/grubhub-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-028422/reviewer-must-have-first-hand-merchant-experience/
Accessed: Sept. 8, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Grubhub's Reviewer Must Have First-Hand Merchant Experience clause do?

The clause states: “before posting a Rating or Review, you must have had recent first-hand experience with the Merchant”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 141 platforms. See the full comparison.

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