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A perpetual and irrevocable license means the client cannot reclaim or terminate ZipRecruiter's rights to use the job advertisement content after distribution, regardless of any later cancellation or termination.
The updated terms establish region-specific contractual frameworks replacing the previous unified agreement. Job seekers and employers now operate under distinct terms based on geographic location: users in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India are covered under one agreement, while EU, U.K., and Switzerland users follow separate terms. The revised terms introduce explicit mandatory arbitration clauses, liability limitations, indemnification obligations, and a new Job Applicant Privacy Notice. Job seekers should review the arbitration provision, which requires disputes to proceed through arbitration rather than litigation. You can review the applicable regional terms based on your location at ZipRecruiter's website before creating an account or posting content.
View change record →The reader, as a client, cannot revoke ZipRecruiter's rights to use a job advertisement once it has been distributed via the ZipRecruiter distribution and publisher network.
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"ZipRecruiter has no obligation, and may be unable, to remove your Job Advertisements and other content...once they have been (i) distributed via the ZipRecruiter distribution and publisher network...the license grant from you above will be perpetual and irrevocable...Excerpt from ZipRecruiter's Terms of Use
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A perpetual and irrevocable license means the client cannot reclaim or terminate ZipRecruiter's rights to use the job advertisement content after distribution, regardless of any later cancellation or termination.
The reader, as a client, cannot revoke ZipRecruiter's rights to use a job advertisement once it has been distributed via the ZipRecruiter distribution and publisher network.
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