“You are solely responsible for your account and your use of the Site, and your access to and use of the Site is conditioned on your agreement that you will not use the Site, in whole or in part, as a substitute for your own independent judgment or decision-making at any step.”
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Employers' continued access to the Site is contractually conditioned on maintaining independent judgment at every step, meaning reliance on the Site as a decision-making substitute would violate this condition.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains an additional independent proposition—that the employer is solely responsible for their account and use of the Site—which was not stated as the canonical claim.
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 →Employers must independently exercise their own judgment at every step; using the Site as a substitute—even in part—is a condition that governs their access.
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"You are solely responsible for your account and your use of the Site, and your access to and use of the Site is conditioned on your agreement that you will not use the Site, in whole or in part, as a substitute for your own independent judgment or decision-making at any step.Excerpt from Indeed's Terms of Service
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Employers' continued access to the Site is contractually conditioned on maintaining independent judgment at every step, meaning reliance on the Site as a decision-making substitute would violate this condition.
Employers must independently exercise their own judgment at every step; using the Site as a substitute—even in part—is a condition that governs their access.
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