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Limited License and Prohibition on Scraping/Reverse Engineering

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes the scope and conditions of service access by specifying permitted uses and defining restricted activities. It protects the platform's technical architecture and operational integrity by prohibiting unauthorized extraction, replication, or manipulation of system functionality and data.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium May 9, 2026

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.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users receive authorization to use Instacart's Services only through Instacart-provided interfaces and for intended purposes, subject to compliance with stated restrictions. Users cannot employ automated means to extract data, replicate system functionality, or access the Services through unauthorized technical methods.

How other platforms handle this

Redfin Medium

You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...

TaskRabbit Medium

Subject to your compliance with the terms of the Agreement (including, without limitation, these Terms and Taskrabbit's Acceptable Use Policy), Taskrabbit grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to (a) access and use the Platform (in the locations and territories ...

PayPal Medium

relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Instacart grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use the Services for their intended purposes subject to your compliance with these Terms. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the Services. Unless such restriction is prohibited by law or you have Instacart's written permission, you may not reverse engineer (including tracking the inputs and outputs flowing through our system or application in order to mimic or recreate the system or application) or attempt to extract the source code of the Services. You may only access the Services through the interfaces that Instacart provides for that purpose (for example, you may not 'scrape' or 'data mine' the Services through automated means or 'frame' any part of the Services), and you may not interfere or attempt to disrupt the Services.

— Excerpt from Instacart's Instacart Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Instacart Terms of Service
Entity
Instacart
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 18, 2026
Last verified
April 27, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-003106
Document ID
CA-D-00135
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
30a1ef722ca2f269aa634194339403244ed9043a7522c96cae21a5329951e4c8
Analysis generated
April 18, 2026 12:44 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Instacart
Document: Instacart Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-003106
Captured: 2026-04-18 12:44:42 UTC
SHA-256: 30a1ef722ca2f269…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/instacart/instacart-terms-of-service/limited-license-and-prohibition-on-scrapingreverse-engineering/
Accessed: July 4, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Low
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Instacart's Limited License and Prohibition on Scraping/Reverse Engineering clause do?

This provision establishes the scope and conditions of service access by specifying permitted uses and defining restricted activities. It protects the platform's technical architecture and operational integrity by prohibiting unauthorized extraction, replication, or manipulation of system functionality and data.

How does this clause affect you?

Users receive authorization to use Instacart's Services only through Instacart-provided interfaces and for intended purposes, subject to compliance with stated restrictions. Users cannot employ automated means to extract data, replicate system functionality, or access the Services through unauthorized technical methods.

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No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instacart.