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AI and Web Scraping Prohibition

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This analysis describes what ZipRecruiter'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

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause explicitly prohibits AI training on ZipRecruiter content — a relatively new and increasingly common provision that reflects the company's efforts to protect its job listing and resume data from being used to train competing AI systems.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

ZipRecruiter's terms bind U.S., Canadian, Australian, and other non-EEA job seekers and employers to mandatory individual arbitration and a class action waiver, meaning disputes with the platform must generally be resolved privately rather than through courts or collective legal action. The agreement also grants ZipRecruiter a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use any content you submit, including your resume, which persists even after you stop using the service. You can opt out of the mandatory arbitration provision by following the procedure described in Section 15 of the terms, typically within 30 days of first agreeing.

How other platforms handle this

X Medium

You may not access the Services in any way other than through the currently available, published interfaces that we provide. For example, this means that you cannot scrape the Services without X's express written permission, try to work around any technical limitations we impose, or otherwise attemp...

Runway Medium

You may not use automated tools to scrape, crawl, or extract data or content from Runway's platform, or attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise derive the source code or underlying models of Runway's tools and services.

Mistral AI Medium

Customer will not, and will not permit any other person (including any End User) to: ... (d) attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or underlying components (e.g., algorithms, weights, or systems) of the Mistral AI Products, including using the Outpu...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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"crawling" or "scraping", whether by automated, manual, or other non-automated means, or otherwise using any automated means (including, without limitation, "bots," "scrapers," and "spiders"), to view, access or collect information or content from the Services, or using any part of the Services or content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingesting content or any portion of the Services into a machine learning or AI model;

— Excerpt from ZipRecruiter's ZipRecruiter Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
ZipRecruiter Terms of Use
Entity
ZipRecruiter
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-005800
Document ID
CA-D-00291
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
9df0e11f119d326123c58a41748b604351f4eafc24fa1042f482c27366aedac7
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 00:40 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: ZipRecruiter
Document: ZipRecruiter Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-005800
Captured: 2026-05-08 00:40:44 UTC
SHA-256: 9df0e11f119d3261…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/ziprecruiter/ziprecruiter-terms-of-use/ai-and-web-scraping-prohibition/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does ZipRecruiter's AI and Web Scraping Prohibition clause do?

This clause explicitly prohibits AI training on ZipRecruiter content — a relatively new and increasingly common provision that reflects the company's efforts to protect its job listing and resume data from being used to train competing AI systems.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with ZipRecruiter?

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