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This clause establishes a mandatory procedural gateway that delays the commencement of formal dispute resolution and requires parties to attempt informal resolution within a specified timeframe before proceeding to arbitration or litigation.
Instacart rewrote its entire Terms of Service, adding 367 new sentences including sections on AI-powered services, updated arbitration procedures, and revised data handling practices. The restructuring makes it harder to compare what changed because the entire document was reorganized.
View change record →Users must complete the 60-day informal dispute resolution process before filing formal claims, which extends the timeline for dispute resolution and requires documented attempts at settlement or negotiation prior to invoking formal remedies available under Section 7.
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"Before initiating any legal proceedings, all users must complete a 60-day informal dispute resolution process, except where prohibited by applicable law. See Section 7.— Excerpt from Instacart's Instacart Terms of Service
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This clause establishes a mandatory procedural gateway that delays the commencement of formal dispute resolution and requires parties to attempt informal resolution within a specified timeframe before proceeding to arbitration or litigation.
Users must complete the 60-day informal dispute resolution process before filing formal claims, which extends the timeline for dispute resolution and requires documented attempts at settlement or negotiation prior to invoking formal remedies available under Section 7.
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