“TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF INDEED AND ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR THIRD-PARTY LICENSORS, FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNTS PAID AND OR PAYABLE BY YOU IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.”
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Regardless of the nature or size of a claim, the maximum financial recovery a user can obtain from Indeed and its affiliates and licensors is limited to what the user paid or owed in the prior 12 months.
The updated terms expand employer obligations to ensure posted roles comply with child labor and minimum age laws, shifting responsibility from Indeed to the employer to determine lawfulness. Demographic data collection is now permitted from any employer subject to legal authorization, rather than only federal contractors, broadening the scope of collection. The terms explicitly state that employers have no access to demographic data collected from job seekers without their permission, even through legal process. For API users and developers, the restructured terms remove specific usage caps and billing restrictions that previously applied to Sponsored Jobs API, though the terms now require developers to inform end users of Indeed's terms and monitor for violations.
View change record →The updated terms authorize Indeed to use your profile information and job preferences to automatically draft application content for particular jobs, powered by AI-Generated Content as defined in Section D.9 of the General Terms. You retain the ability to review, edit, and delete any drafted applications before submission. The terms emphasize that you remain responsible for reviewing all drafted content. Additionally, the terms remove a previously described voluntary bot-validation process; the changed text does not add a replacement process. The credential verification feature has been renamed to 'Credential Check' with no material change to the underlying procedures.
View change record →Users' potential financial recovery from Indeed, its affiliates, and their third-party licensors is capped at 12 months of amounts paid and/or payable by the user prior to the incident, to the extent permitted by law.
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"TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF INDEED AND ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR THIRD-PARTY LICENSORS, FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNTS PAID AND OR PAYABLE BY YOU IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.Excerpt from Indeed's Terms of Service
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Regardless of the nature or size of a claim, the maximum financial recovery a user can obtain from Indeed and its affiliates and licensors is limited to what the user paid or owed in the prior 12 months.
Users' potential financial recovery from Indeed, its affiliates, and their third-party licensors is capped at 12 months of amounts paid and/or payable by the user prior to the incident, to the extent permitted by law.
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