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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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Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file that controls automated access to portions of our Services;
You agree that use of any Beta Services will at all times be subject to your compliance with the Beta Services Terms.
Customer must comply with any additional terms, restrictions, or limitations (e.g., limitations on the total amount of usage) for a promotional offering as described in the corresponding offer terms.
"Access the Services using any automated means, crawler, or bot in a manner that circumvents or disregards Instacart's robots.txt file...which is incorporated into these Terms by reference...Excerpt from Instacart's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “Access the Services using any automated means, crawler, or bot in a manner that circumvents or disregards Instacart's robots.txt file...which is incorporated into these Terms by reference...”
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