As a same-day user, you play an integral role in ensuring that Instacart cultivates and preserves an environment built on a foundation of Safety, Respect, and Integrity for everyone on the platform.   

Safety: Safety is Instacart’s first priority. Every individual should feel comfortable, safe, and secure using the Instacart platform. Instacart does not permit any activity that could create unsafe conditions or cause harm to others.

To ensure the highest levels of safety on the platform, Instacart reserves the right to investigate and take action on any instances including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Acts of violence or aggression including, but not limited to assault, violence/threats of violence, aggressive gestures, battery, abusive or threatening mental or verbal treatment, harassment, etc.
  • Sexual conduct of any kind involving members, contractors, or employees of retailers or Instacart while receiving or facilitating services on the platform.
  • Brandishing a weapon while receiving services unless state law expressly prohibits this restriction.
  • Failure to verify your identity while receiving services on the platform.
  • Demanding shoppers enter a residence. Instacart shoppers are expected to deliver groceries to the customer at their desired address, but are never expected or required to enter the residence of a customer and reserve the right to decline the request.

Respect: From the aisles of the warehouse to members’ doors and everywhere in between, Instacart strives to create and maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and respectful environment for everyone, at all times. Instacart’s expectation is simple: treat others the way you want to be treated.

As part of Instacart’s continuous efforts to promote respect on the platform, Instacart  reserves the right to investigate and take action on any instances including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Discrimination of any kind on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender or gender identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, mental/physical condition or disability, age, profession, national origin or any other basis protected under applicable law.
  • Vulgar, inappropriate, intrusive, harassing, abusive or unwanted language of any kind towards others, whether verbal or written. This includes, but is not limited to, asking overly personal questions of members , contractors, retailer employees or Instacart employees. 
  • Unwanted physical contact or sexual conduct of any kind involving contractors, retail employees, or Instacart employees while receiving services.
  • Intentional property damage or vandalism of any kind.
  • Creating disturbances for the surrounding public (e.g. neighbors, co-workers, warehouse  employees, security guards, etc). 

Integrity: Trust is a key ingredient in Instacart’s recipe for success as a community. Instacart expects all members of the Instacart community to be honest and to represent and conduct themselves in a way that fosters trust across the platform.

As part of Instacart’s continuous efforts to promote integrity on the platform, Instacart  reserves the right to investigate and take action on any instances including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Violation of any local, state, or federal laws while engaging with the Instacart platform.
  • Engaging in spam or phishing-related activity.
  • Abuse and/or manipulation of referral, coupon, or appeasement offerings, loyalty programs, etc.
  • Encouraging others to participate in fraud or to disrupt the integrity of the platform.
  • Misrepresentation of identity/contact information or providing false information to internal teams during delivery.
  • Instances of theft.
  • Sharing or distributing personal information of members , shoppers, retailers or Instacart employees. This includes taking screenshots of the Instacart app while displaying personally identifiable or sensitive information.
  • Unauthorized use of Instacart’s trademark or intellectual property.
  • Providing inaccurate or fraudulent information during the sign-up process or otherwise.
  • Holding duplicate accounts.

The Community Guidelines above are not comprehensive and Instacart reserves the right to suspend or deactivate customer, shopper or retailer accounts for other reasons as deemed necessary in Instacart’s reasonable and good faith business judgment to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the platform.

If your customer account has been deactivated and you have new information or evidence to show it was in error, please select Get Help at the bottom of any article in the Help Center for live chat.