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Zillow may deactivate, suspend, or terminate any user account at any time, for any reason, with or without notice. Zillow may also alter or discontinue any portion of the Services without notice and disclaims all liability for account termination or Service changes.
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This provision grants Zillow unilateral authority to terminate account access or discontinue Services without notice or stated cause, with no stated obligation to provide advance warning, cure periods, or compensation for disruption. For professional or business users relying on the platform for operational functions, this creates unqualified access dependency.
The updated terms establish explicit consent for Zillow to contact you through email, phone calls, text messages, and in-app features using automatic dialing systems and prerecorded voices. These communications may include advertising or marketing offers alongside transactional messages. Message and data rates may apply depending on your carrier, and contact frequency will vary based on your account activity. You can opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP, and calls with Zillow employees may be recorded for quality control and internal business purposes.
View change record →Under this clause, Zillow may suspend or terminate a user's account or access to any part of the Services at any time without notice and without liability, and may modify or discontinue Services in the same manner. Users who have active subscriptions or outstanding paid features at the time of termination remain obligated for fees incurred prior to termination.
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"If you violate any provision of these Terms of Use, your permission from the Zillow Companies to use the Services will terminate automatically. In addition, we may, in our sole discretion, deactivate, suspend, or terminate your access to your account and the Services at any time for any reason, with or without notice. We may alter, suspend, or discontinue the Services or any portion of the Services without notice. We will not be liable whatsoever for any change to the Services or any suspension or termination of your access to, or use of the Services.Excerpt from Zillow's Terms of Use
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Unilateral termination without notice provisions may interact with state consumer protection statutes that require reasonable notice before terminating paid service accounts. California and other states have enacted consumer protection standards relevant to subscription and paid service termination. RESPA may be implicated where termination affects access to connected mortgage or settlement service referral functions. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. For real estate professionals, advertisers, and subscription users whose business operations depend on continued platform access, the absence of any stated notice period or cause requirement for termination creates operational risk that standard commercial agreements typically address through termination for cause provisions and cure periods. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California consumer protection law and analogous state statutes may impose minimum notice requirements for terminating paid consumer service accounts. The enforceability of for-any-reason, without-notice termination clauses for paid subscribers may vary by jurisdiction. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Business users, advertisers, and real estate professionals relying on Zillow platform access for lead generation, listing distribution, or client-facing functions should assess whether separate commercial agreements with Zillow provide additional termination protections beyond the master terms. The absence of a cure period for alleged violations is a standard deviation in professional services agreements. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams advising professional users should document the operational dependency on Zillow platform access and assess whether business continuity planning accounts for abrupt account suspension or service discontinuation without notice.
This provision grants Zillow unilateral authority to terminate account access or discontinue Services without notice or stated cause, with no stated obligation to provide advance warning, cure periods, or compensation for disruption. For professional or business users relying on the platform for operational functions, this creates unqualified access dependency.
Under this clause, Zillow may suspend or terminate a user's account or access to any part of the Services at any time without notice and without liability, and may modify or discontinue Services in the same manner. Users who have active subscriptions or outstanding paid features at the time of termination remain obligated for fees incurred prior to termination.
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