Instacart Privacy

Instacart · agreement dated January 15, 2026 · Official agreement

Read the agreement

5 of 113 cards in Charges & Financial Obligations

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Billing address and payment method collected; card details go to payment processors

If you place an order, Instacart collects your billing address and method of payment. When you pay by credit card or other method, the policy says that payment information is collected and processed by third-party payment processors and transmitted directly to them; Instacart may receive limited card details back from them, such as the last four digits and the expiration month and year.

Supporting quotations

we collect your billing address and method of payment.
your credit card or other payment information is collected and processed by our third-party payment processors.
We may receive certain information about your payment card from our payment processors, such as the last 4 digits of your card number and its expiration month and year.
2. Payment Processors and Partners

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies if you place an order through the Services.
  • For restaurant orders, where available, the restaurant partner collects and processes your payment information instead.

Not stated here

  • The policy does not name the payment processors.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Payment providers send payment information to Instacart

Instacart receives payment information from its payment providers, processors and partners. The policy points to the payment processors section for how payment information is handled.

Supporting quotations

We receive payment information from our payment providers, processors and partners (see below).

Not stated here

  • The entry does not list which payment details are received; the payment processors section mentions the last four digits and expiry of a card.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Payment processors collect card details; restaurant partners take restaurant-order payments

When you pay with a credit card or other method, third-party payment processors collect and process the payment information, which is transmitted directly to them. Instacart may receive limited card details such as the last four digits and the expiry month and year. Where restaurant orders are available, the restaurant partner collects and processes the payment information for those orders.

Supporting quotations

2. Payment Processors and Partners
your credit card or other payment information is collected and processed by our third-party payment processors.
the payment information that you provide through the Services is transmitted directly to our payment processor.
We may receive certain information about your payment card from our payment processors, such as the last 4 digits of your card number and its expiration month and year.
if you place a restaurant order, our restaurant partner will collect and process your credit card or other payment information in order to fulfill the order.
We receive payment information from our payment providers, processors and partners (see below).

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Restaurant-order payment collection applies only where restaurant orders are available.

Not stated here

  • The policy does not name the processors or say how long they keep card details.

Cross-references

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Other payment partners may take you to their sites, where their privacy policies apply

Instacart also offers ways to pay through other payment partners that may redirect you to their own websites to enter payment information, for example an online payment system provider. The policy says those providers' privacy policies apply to the information you give them there.

Supporting quotations

We also make available opportunities to pay for orders via other payment partners that may redirect you to their websites to submit your payment information.
These payment providers’ privacy policies apply to the information you provide to them through their website.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies only when you choose a payment partner that redirects you to its own website.

Not stated here

  • Those providers' privacy policies are not part of the supplied text.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Payment information goes to payment processors when you order

Instacart uses payment processors and discloses your Personal Information to them when you place an order. The policy points to its payment processors section, where card details are said to be collected and processed by those processors.

Supporting quotations

We use payment processors as described here , and disclose your Personal Information to such payment processors when you place an order through the Services.
2. Payment Processors and Partners
your credit card or other payment information is collected and processed by our third-party payment processors.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies when you place an order through the Services.