Monitor Terms of Service Changes
If your business runs on someone else's platform (a marketplace, an app store, a payment provider, an API), their terms of service are part of your operating conditions. Fee schedules, prohibited uses, data rights and termination clauses do get edited, and the notice email is easy to miss or may never come. RivalPeek.io watches the terms page and alerts you when the wording changes.
Rules you can type
- “Tell me about any change to these terms.”
- “Tell me when the section on fees changes.”
- “Tell me when the API usage section changes.”
- “Alert me if the phrase ‘automated access’ appears.”
- On a policy updates page: “Tell me about new update notices.”
How it works
- Copy the address of the current terms page, not a dated archive copy.
- Describe what matters. For long documents, pick the section you depend on when the review offers it.
- Approve the watch. The current wording becomes the starting point.
- When the wording changes, the alert shows the lines before and after, with a link to the page. Every change stays on your Changes page.
Whole document or one clause
Watching the whole document catches everything, including edits you did not expect to matter. Watching one section keeps alerts rare and focused, but misses edits elsewhere, such as a new clause added at the end. A sensible pattern for important vendors is both: a whole-document watch reviewed in the daily digest, and a section watch on the clause you depend on that alerts you right away.
What to watch besides the terms
Many companies publish separate documents for fees, acceptable use, API terms or seller policies, and some keep a page announcing upcoming changes. Those pages often change first, so add them as their own watches. Bulk import accepts a pasted list of links when you have several vendors to cover.
Limits
- Terms that are only visible after signing in, or inside a click-through dialog, cannot be watched.
- Terms that change by country may show the version for a visitor without a location choice.
- RivalPeek.io is not a legal service. It records what changed and when it saw it; it does not interpret it.
Which plan fits
Terms change rarely, so page count matters more than speed. Starter covers 20 pages checked every hour with email alerts, which suits a short list of pages. Pro covers 150 pages checked every 15 min and adds Slack and webhook alerts. Business covers 500 pages checked every 15 min for larger watchlists.
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Choose your monitoring capacity
Choose a plan for the pages you need to follow. Starter costs USD $19/month for 20 pages, with ordinary checks every hour. Annual billing is USD $190/year. Pro costs USD $39/month for 150 pages, with ordinary checks every 15 min. Annual billing is USD $390/year. Business costs USD $99/month for 500 pages, with ordinary checks every 15 min. Annual billing is USD $990/year. These are scheduled checks, not a live stream; availability and the check queue can affect when a result arrives.
Pages requiring protected checking use a separate allowance and a slower schedule. Access is not guaranteed, and some sites block automated visits. Start with a representative public URL and review the result before expanding your watchlist.
Frequently asked questions
Will the “last updated” date alone send an alert?
Recognised short timestamp formats are filtered when comparing text. Other date formats or dates embedded in longer text may still trigger an alert; this is not a guarantee against date-only alerts.
Can I watch one clause instead of the whole document?
Yes, where the page offers readable sections, such as a fees or termination heading. If that section is renamed or removed later, the check reports a problem rather than silently switching to the whole page.
Can it tell me whether a change affects us?
No. It shows what changed in the wording. Deciding what it means for your contract or business is a job for you or your lawyer.
What about terms published as a PDF?
Supported public PDFs can be read as text. Scanned, password-protected or very large files may not work; check the extracted text in the review.
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