U.S., Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and Indian users who do not opt out must resolve any legal disputes with ZipRecruiter through private arbitration rather than in court, and cannot join a class action lawsuit against the company.
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This clause removes your ability to sue ZipRecruiter in court or participate in a class action, which are often the only practical remedies available to consumers with small individual claims.
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 →If you have a dispute with ZipRecruiter, such as over billing, account suspension, or data handling, you will generally be required to pursue it through individual private arbitration rather than through the court system or alongside other affected users in a class action.
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"SECTION 15 OF THESE SPECIFIC TERMS OF SERVICE INCLUDES A MANDATORY AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU AGREE TO SUBMIT ANY DISPUTE RELATED TO YOUR USE OF ANY OF THE SERVICES TO BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION RATHER THAN PROCEED IN COURT UNLESS YOU VALIDLY ELECT TO OPT OUT OF SUCH PROVISION. THE DISPUTES/ARBITRATION PROVISION ALSO INCLUDES A CLASS ACTION WAIVER, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU AGREE TO PROCEED WITH ANY DISPUTE INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT AS PART OF A CLASS ACTION. DO NOT ACCESS OR USE ANY OF THE SERVICES IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY.Excerpt from ZipRecruiter's Terms of Use
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This clause removes your ability to sue ZipRecruiter in court or participate in a class action, which are often the only practical remedies available to consumers with small individual claims.
If you have a dispute with ZipRecruiter, such as over billing, account suspension, or data handling, you will generally be required to pursue it through individual private arbitration rather than through the court system or alongside other affected users in a class action.
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