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Source-backed from Instacart Privacy Policy

40
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
5
verified controls

2 of them depend on where you live.

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 2 findings
  • Messages 1 finding
  • Sensitive Data 4 findings
  • Tracking 7 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 4 findings
  • Sharing 9 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 12 findings
  • Other 1 finding

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Sensitive Data Depending on your interaction, Instacart collects sensitive data like IDs and medical information

What this means

Instacart says that, depending on your interaction with the Services, it collects sensitive personal information including government-issued IDs, precise geolocation, race/ethnicity and medical information.

Why this matters

Sensitive categories carry more risk if mishandled.

What the policy says

Depending on your interaction with the Services, we collect government-issued IDs, Log-in information for accounts in combination with passwords allowing access to the accounts, Precise geolocation, Race/ethnicity, and Medical information

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What you can do

A privacy right lets you act on this, where it is available to you.

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Advertising & Profiling You may see Instacart ads elsewhere based on your activity

What this means

Instacart says you may see Instacart ads on other online services based on your use of the Services or your browsing across other online services.

Why this matters

Your grocery activity can follow you around the web as advertising.

What the policy says

This means that you may see advertisements while using the Services that are tailored to you, or you may see advertisements for Instacart on other online services, based on your use of the Services or your browsing behavior across other online services. For more information on choices you may have with respect to these technologies, see Your Privacy Choices below.

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What you can do

A privacy control may reduce part of this practice, where it is available to you.

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Tracking No direct setting Instacart may use third-party session replay that records your clicks and keystrokes

What this means

Instacart says it may use third-party session-replay services that record your clicks, mouse movements, scrolls and keystrokes on the Services.

Why this matters

Session replay can capture detailed records of how you use the site.

What the policy says

We also may use third party services that employ software code to record users’ interactions with the Services. Session replays include users’ clicks, mouse movements, scrolls, and keystrokes/key touches during those sessions. These replays help us diagnose usability problems and identify areas for improvement.

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What you can do

No setting found that directly changes this practice.

In the Instacart documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.

A broader option is available

Instacart's policy lists a Right to Access and a Right to Delete the personal information it holds, depending on where you live; these are requests about the data, not a switch that stops session replay.

That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.

12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Controls & Permissions 4
  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Location 1
  • Messages 1
  • Sensitive Data 1
  • Tracking 1

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A free account opens all 15 key findings. 25 additional reviewed findings are available in the complete report.

  • Location 1 more
  • Sensitive Data 2 more
  • Tracking 5 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 1 more
  • Sharing 7 more
  • Controls & Permissions 8 more
  • Other 1 more

  • Complete report

    25 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    5 verified privacy controls, 2 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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