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Prohibition on Building Competing Review Database

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Access, retrieve or index any portion of the Service for purposes of constructing or populating a searchable database of business reviews

Excerpt from Yelp's Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Yelp Terms of Service
Entity
Yelp
Date stated by the document
Oct. 1, 2025
As printed in Yelp’s text (version CA-V-003664), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 19, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-003664, captured June 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-035546
Document ID
CA-D-000239
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-003664)
5e81d9fed12ce4f3643a5dd0988cad2e73f2f64a295e244da53dfc5cb2194fbd
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 06:36 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-003664, captured June 11, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Yelp
Document: Yelp Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-035546
Version: CA-V-003664
Captured: 2026-06-11 00:35:02 UTC
SHA-256: 5e81d9fed12ce4f3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/yelp/yelp-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-035546/prohibition-on-building-competing-review-database/
Accessed: Nov. 1, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Yelp's Prohibition on Building Competing Review Database clause do?

The clause states: “Access, retrieve or index any portion of the Service for purposes of constructing or populating a searchable database of business reviews”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 102 platforms. See the full comparison.

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