An on-demand grocery delivery platform that connects customers with personal shoppers who select and deliver groceries from local retailers. The company processes sensitive personal and financial data including location information, payment details, and shopping preferences while facilitating transactions between multiple parties. Their policies govern data handling practices, liability allocation between customers and shoppers, and the terms under which users can access the marketplace platform.
Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score. Computed algorithmically from Instacart’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.
Prescription-related data—including birth date, prescription numbers, and refill counts—is sensitive health-adjacent information flowing from the pharmacy to Instacart without requiring a separate us…
Collection of government ID data, including potentially a full card copy, represents a high-sensitivity data category that carries significant identity-theft and privacy risk.
This prohibition expressly bars any AI-related use of Instacart's Services or derived data, covering a broad range of AI development activities.
Readers ordering age-restricted items cannot receive unattended delivery; someone must be present, show ID, and/or sign, which affects delivery logistics.
Treating personal information as a transferable asset in insolvency means users' data could pass to unknown third parties beyond the scope of the original privacy relationship with Instacart.
Instacart collects a broad range of information about you—including your government ID, precise location, prescription details, and a recording of your clicks and keystrokes—and uses it partly to send you …
This document sets the rules for using Instacart, including how disputes are handled and what Instacart owes you if something goes wrong. Most importantly, U.S. users are required to resolve …
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Instacart has made 0 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 13 provisions across Instacart's tracked documents.
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