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"You may not authorize, permit, enable, deploy, delegate to, or otherwise cause any Automated System to access or operate the Services through your account unless Instacart has expressly authorized that access.Excerpt from Instacart's Terms of Service (Superseded Capture)
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The clause states: “You may not authorize, permit, enable, deploy, delegate to, or otherwise cause any Automated System to access or operate the Services through your account unless Instacart has expressly authorized that access.”
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