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Authorized Automated Systems Use Only Approved Interfaces

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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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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 333 other provisions on other platforms.

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Your Applications made available to end users must prominently display "Powered by Runway" and link to runwayml.com on applicable user interfaces and in accordance with our Branding Guidelines.

Lime Medium

Don't do anything that places an unreasonably large load on our Services' infrastructure, use any robots, spiders, scrapers or other automated means to access our Services, try to interfere with the proper working of our Service or attempt to bypass any of our security measures

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Any authorized Automated System may access or operate the Services only through Instacart-provided interfaces, tokens, and scopes, and only for the specific actions and purposes Instacart expressly permits.

Excerpt from Instacart's 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
May 10, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-026283
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-026283
Captured: 2026-05-10 00:03:25 UTC
SHA-256: d08566866b6a1f74…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/instacart/instacart-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-026283/authorized-automated-systems-use-only-approved-interfaces/
Accessed: Aug. 2, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Instacart's Authorized Automated Systems Use Only Approved Interfaces clause do?

The clause states: “Any authorized Automated System may access or operate the Services only through Instacart-provided interfaces, tokens, and scopes, and only for the specific actions and purposes Instacart expressly permits.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 109 platforms. See the full comparison.

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