If you have a legal dispute with Indeed, you must resolve it through private arbitration rather than by suing in court, with limited exceptions for intellectual property claims.
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Arbitration prevents you from joining a class action lawsuit against Indeed and typically limits your ability to appeal decisions, potentially reducing your practical ability to seek redress for smaller-scale harms.
The updated terms state that Indeed may automatically draft job application content based on job seeker profile information and preferences. The drafted content may be AI-generated and subject to Indeed's AI-Generated Content Terms in Section D.9 of the General Terms. The agreement continues to establish that job seekers remain responsible for reviewing, correcting, editing, or deleting any drafted applications or application content before submission. You should review any AI-drafted content carefully to ensure it accurately reflects your qualifications and preferences before adopting and submitting applications.
View change record →The updated terms establish new explicit tax obligations for users. Indeed now states it will calculate and bill applicable taxes based on user location or linked employer location, and users are responsible for any applicable taxes, duties, or levies. Additionally, the terms now state that reducing or canceling sponsored ad budgets will result in loss of access to premium features exclusive to higher budget plans. Previously, the agreement described auto-apply activity as a pricing factor; this reference has been removed from the pricing methodology section.
View change record →This clause means that if Indeed harms you, whether through data misuse, wrongful account termination, or other service failures, you cannot sue in court or join a class action. You must pursue your claim individually through a private arbitration process, which can be costly and complex for individuals.
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the arbitration provider, National Arbitration and Mediation ("NAM"), shall not accept or administer any demand for arbitration and shall administratively close any arbitration unless the Party bringing such demand for arbitration can certify in writing that the terms...were fully satisfied.
Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
"You and Indeed agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services (collectively, 'Disputes') will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights.Excerpt from Indeed's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer contracts are reviewed under the FTC Act for unfair or deceptive practices, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued rules limiting such clauses in financial products.
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Arbitration prevents you from joining a class action lawsuit against Indeed and typically limits your ability to appeal decisions, potentially reducing your practical ability to seek redress for smaller-scale harms.
This clause means that if Indeed harms you, whether through data misuse, wrongful account termination, or other service failures, you cannot sue in court or join a class action. You must pursue your claim individually through a private arbitration process, which can be costly and complex for individuals.
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