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Prohibition on AI Model Training Using Service Data

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This prohibition expressly bars any AI-related use of Instacart's Services or derived data, covering a broad range of AI development activities.

Interpretive note: The excerpt contains an ellipsis between 'through them' and 'to create,' which may omit additional qualifying language or conditions. The core prohibition is clear from the quoted text, but additional scope or exceptions may exist in the unquoted portion.

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)

Readers are prohibited from using the Services or any data, content, or output from them for any AI model development, training, fine-tuning, refinement, testing, or improvement purposes.

How other platforms handle this

MyFitnessPal Medium

If we de-identify information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified form and not attempt to re-identify the information except as required or permitted by law.

Google Cloud Medium

We evaluate Service Data to help us improve the performance and functionality of Cloud Services.

ZipRecruiter Medium

We will only use your Personal Data to provide services directly to you...and/or to provide services to you on behalf of our clients...except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or with your consent.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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use the Services—or any data, content, or output made available through them...to create, train, fine-tune, refine, test, or improve any machine-learning model, large-language model (LLM), or other AI system...

— Excerpt from Instacart's Instacart Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
TCPA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Instacart Terms of Service
Entity
Instacart
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 10, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-026199
Document ID
CA-D-00135
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
d08566866b6a1f744a3e2d1b4fc55f342a5a515684d435b1b477e68768b86a06
Analysis generated
May 10, 2026 00:03 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Instacart
Document: Instacart Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-026199
Captured: 2026-05-10 00:03:25 UTC
SHA-256: d08566866b6a1f74…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/instacart/instacart-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-026199/prohibition-on-ai-model-training-using-service-data/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Instacart's Prohibition on AI Model Training Using Service Data clause do?

This prohibition expressly bars any AI-related use of Instacart's Services or derived data, covering a broad range of AI development activities.

How does this clause affect you?

Readers are prohibited from using the Services or any data, content, or output from them for any AI model development, training, fine-tuning, refinement, testing, or improvement purposes.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 280 platforms. See the full comparison.

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