Instacart Terms

Instacart · agreement dated May 7, 2026 · Official agreement

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Use & Processing · Company practice

Instacart uses Recipient data in the ordinary course of business and disclaims liability for missing consent

Instacart says it uses Recipient data in the ordinary course of business and is not responsible or liable if you or anyone else fails to obtain proper consent or authorization from a Recipient.

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We use Recipient data in the ordinary course of business.
We are not responsible or liable if you or anyone else fails to obtain proper consent or authorization from a Recipient.

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  • The Terms do not say what "the ordinary course of business" covers, how long Recipient data is kept, or who receives it; the Privacy Policy is not supplied.

Use & Processing · Context

Parts of the Services use AI to generate, summarize, rank and recommend, and AI Agent access is governed by Section 4.4

Some parts of the Services use automated systems and means, including large language models, agentic AI and other AI technologies ("AI Features"), to generate, summarize, rank, recommend or assist with information, content or actions. The rules for using AI Agents to access Instacart are in Section 4.4.

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Some parts of the Services use automated systems and means—including large language models, agentic AI, and other AI technologies (“AI Features”)—to generate, summarize, rank, recommend, or assist with information, content, or actions.
For rules about using AI Agents to access Instacart, see Section 4.4.

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  • The Terms do not list which features are AI Features.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Instacart may process AI inputs, outputs and interactions to operate, secure, prevent fraud and improve the Services

Instacart may process Inputs, Outputs and your interactions with AI Features to operate and secure the Services, prevent fraud and abuse, and improve the Services. It refers to its Privacy Policy for details, including your choices where available. The link in this paragraph points to the instacart.ca Privacy Policy, while the opening of the Terms links to instacart.com/privacy, so which policy applies to a given user is not stated here.

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We may process Inputs, Outputs, and your interactions with AI Features to operate, secure, prevent fraud and abuse, and improve the Services.
for details, including your choices where available
By using the Services, you agree to these Terms and to our

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The processing is stated as something Instacart "may" do, for the listed purposes.

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  • The Privacy Policy is not supplied, so retention, sharing and your specific choices are unknown.
  • The two Privacy Policy links point to different domains; which governs is not stated.