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Prohibition on Unauthorized Application Development

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Key Facts

Does Workday prohibit developing applications that interact with its Sites without prior written consent?
Workday prohibits users from developing or using any applications that interact with its Sites without Workday's prior written consent.
Can users develop applications that interact with Workday's Sites?
Workday prohibits users from developing or using any applications that interact with its Sites without Workday's prior written consent.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This prohibition covers both development and use, meaning even using a third-party application that interacts with Workday's Sites without consent is prohibited.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Readers cannot develop or use any application that interacts with Workday's Sites unless they have obtained Workday's prior written consent.

How other platforms handle this

GOAT Medium

you may not: (i) copy, modify or create derivative works based on any Apps; (ii) distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend or rent any Apps to any third party; (iii) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any Apps...

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

Amazon Associates Medium

(iii) remove, obscure, alter, or make invisible, illegible, or indecipherable, any notice, including any notice of intellectual property or proprietary right, appearing on or contained within Creators API, PA API, Data Feeds, Product Advertising Content, or Specifications.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Develop or use any applications that interact with our Sites without our prior written consent;

Excerpt from Workday's Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Workday Terms of Use
Entity
Workday
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
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Last verified
Record ID
CA-P-076033
Document ID
CA-D-00642
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Citation Record
Entity: Workday
Document: Workday Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-076033
Captured: UTC
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/workday/workday-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-076033/prohibition-on-unauthorized-application-development/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Workday's Prohibition on Unauthorized Application Development clause do?

This prohibition covers both development and use, meaning even using a third-party application that interacts with Workday's Sites without consent is prohibited.

How does this clause affect you?

Readers cannot develop or use any application that interacts with Workday's Sites unless they have obtained Workday's prior written consent.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 108 platforms. See the full comparison.

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