This analysis describes what Zillow's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This prohibition covers a broad range of automated data-collection techniques, meaning any programmatic access aimed at extracting information from the Services is forbidden.
The updated terms establish that Zillow may contact you via email, phone calls, and text messages using automated dialing systems and prerecorded voices. These communications may include transactional messages, service updates, and advertising or telemarketing. The terms also state that calls between you and Zillow employees may be recorded for quality control, training, and internal business purposes. You can opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP to any message.
View change record →Users are prohibited from using any automated method to extract information from Zillow's Services, regardless of the specific tool or technique used.
How other platforms handle this
access or search the Platform Services...through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers or any other similar data mining tools) other than software or Platform Services features provided by Anyscale...
use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Services
(vii) use automated systems or software (including bots, scrapers, or crawlers) to access the Services in a manner that sends more request messages to ŌURA servers than a human can reasonably produce...
"conduct automated queries (including screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers, bypassing "captcha" or similar precautions, or any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services)Excerpt from Zillow's Terms of Use
Get the weekly coverage letter
Companies change their terms without announcing it. We capture governance documents, compare each new version with the last, and publish what changed, with the source text behind it. One email a week on what we found and what we could not reach.
This prohibition covers a broad range of automated data-collection techniques, meaning any programmatic access aimed at extracting information from the Services is forbidden.
Users are prohibited from using any automated method to extract information from Zillow's Services, regardless of the specific tool or technique used.
ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 273 platforms. See the full comparison.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Zillow.