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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.
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When you communicate with us, such as via emails, customer service requests, survey responses, website chats or social media posts, likes, or messages, we collect the content of your communication.
When you create User Content, we may upload or import it to the Platform before you save or post the User Content (also known as pre-uploading).
We use tools to monitor certain user experience information; including login information, IP address, data regarding pages visited and ads clicked, specific actions taken on pages visited (e.g., information entered during checkout process)...
"By using the Site, including via an API, you agree that Indeed collects, records, processes, analyzes, and stores (including via automated means) all your activities, interactions, and communications on or through the Site. This includes visited URLs, viewed content, input info, clicks, scrolls, hovers, and time spent.Excerpt from Indeed's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “By using the Site, including via an API, you agree that Indeed collects, records, processes, analyzes, and stores (including via automated means) all your activities, interactions, and communications on or through the Site. This includes visited URLs, viewed content, input info, clicks, scrolls, hovers, and time spent.”
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