A job search platform that connects job seekers with employers through job postings, resume databases, and recruiting tools. The platform processes personal information from millions of users including resumes, work history, and search behavior data. Their policies govern how this sensitive employment and personal data is collected, used, and shared with potential employers and third parties.
High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score. Computed algorithmically from Indeed’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.
The irreversibility of the account merge means a decision to delete one account has unavoidable consequences for access to the other service.
This prohibition limits how determinative Indeed-provided data can be in hiring outcomes, placing the burden of independent judgment on employers.
These opt-out rights give users direct control over two significant commercial uses of their personal data — sale and targeted advertising — which are among the most impactful forms of data monetizat…
The irreversibility of the account merge means that deleting an Indeed account has permanent consequences for access to a separate service, Glassdoor, with no option to restore that access.
Private browsing or incognito mode does not prevent Indeed from collecting site activity data, contrary to a common user assumption about those modes.
Indeed's Terms set the rules for using the platform for both job seekers and employers. If something goes wrong and you have breached the Terms, you are responsible for defending …
Indeed expanded its data processing and sharing practices in an update detected on August 13, 2026. The policy previously stated that Indeed processes personal data for 'the prevention, detection, and …
View change record →Indeed revised its privacy policy in an update detected on August 13, 2026 to expand the categories of personal data it processes for safety and security purposes. The previous language …
View change record →Indeed's privacy policy was updated in an update detected on July 21, 2026. The policy now explicitly lists phone number as a category of device information collected, alongside IP address, …
View change record →Indeed's privacy policy was updated on July 20, 2026, with three operational changes. First, phone number is now listed as a category of device information the platform collects. Second, the …
View change record →Indeed updated its Terms of Service on July 3, 2026 to disclose that the platform may use job seeker profile information and preferences to draft application content with AI assistance. …
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ConductAtlas tracks 3 Indeed documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
Indeed has made 11 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 18 provisions across Indeed's tracked documents. 7 are rated high severity, 10 medium, and 1 low.
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