When you post any content on Zillow such as reviews, photos, or comments, you give Zillow a permanent, free license to use, copy, edit, and distribute that content in any way they choose, forever.
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This license is permanent and irrevocable, meaning that even if you delete your content or close your account, Zillow retains the right to use your submitted content indefinitely and for any purpose.
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 →Any content you submit to Zillow, including home photos, reviews, or comments, becomes subject to a permanent license that Zillow can use in any manner, including creating derivative works or selling the content, without paying you or seeking further permission.
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we may closely review accounts that offer the following services, products, or content: Online trading, day trading tips, and stock market related content
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If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
"By submitting Content to us, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute, and/or publicly perform or display such Content, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium, now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose.Excerpt from Zillow's Terms of Use
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This license is permanent and irrevocable, meaning that even if you delete your content or close your account, Zillow retains the right to use your submitted content indefinitely and for any purpose.
Any content you submit to Zillow, including home photos, reviews, or comments, becomes subject to a permanent license that Zillow can use in any manner, including creating derivative works or selling the content, without paying you or seeking further permission.
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