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What Pinterest's terms say

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Pinterest's terms of service and privacy policy have 88 rated points: 8 serious, 26 bad, 35 worth knowing and 19 good. 61 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 27 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Pinterest

Serious 4

  • You may still be tracked even after opting out from tracking

    This service still tracks you even if you opted out from tracking

  • Sensitive data is collected and shared to target advertising

  • Your personal information may be collected, regardless of whether you interacted directly with the service or not

    They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service

  • Your personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling or AI training

Bad 22

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

  • You may be tracked on other websites

    This service tracks you on other websites

  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

  • Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • Third-party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions

    Third party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions

  • Your profile is combined across various products

  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

  • Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

    This service may collect, use, and share location data

  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

  • You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting

  • Many different types of personal data are collected

  • Your personal information is used for many different purposes

  • Your biometric data is collected

  • Your personal data may be sold unless you opt out

    Your Personal data may be sold unless you opt out

  • App required for this service requires broad device permissions

  • Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

  • The service is only available in some countries approved by its government

  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

  • You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

Worth knowing 22

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

    Where it says this ↗

  • Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed

  • You should revisit the terms periodically, although in case of material changes, the service will notify

  • This service assumes no responsibility and liability for the contents of links to other websites

  • Defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination

  • You agree to indemnify and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  • This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

  • No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

    The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

  • The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

  • The court of law governing the terms is in location X

    The court of law governing the terms is in the State of California, U.S.A.

  • First-party cookies are used

  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

  • Harming minors in any ways is prohibited

  • You are prohibited from attempting to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems

  • Separate policies are employed for different parts of the service

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

Good 13

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

    The service provides information about how they collect personal data

    Where it says this ↗

  • A list of all cookies used by the service is provided

    A list of all cookies set by the website is provided

  • You can opt out of targeted advertising

  • You can limit how your information is used by third parties and the service

    You can limit how your information is used by third-parties and the service

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

  • Do Not Track (DNT) headers are respected

    Your browser's Do Not Track (DNT) headers are respected

  • Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

  • A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data

  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

  • The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection

    The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection (California, U.S.A.)

With an account

If you have a Pinterest account

Serious 4

  • Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason

  • Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice

  • This service holds onto content that you've deleted

  • Private messages can be read

Bad 4

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

  • A license is kept on user-generated content even after you close your account

  • Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication

  • Your provided identifiable information is actively checked by the service

Worth knowing 13

  • Minors must have the authorization of their legal guardians to use the service

  • Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

  • Banned users are prohibited from creating a new account

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

  • Your account can be suspended for several reasons

  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

    This service is only available to users over 13 years old

  • Your content can be used by the service provider for all their existing and future services

    This service can use your content for all their existing and future services

  • You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

  • You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content

  • You are prohibited from posting content which promotes violence or politically or religiously extremist values

  • You must create an account to use this service

  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

  • You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

Good 6

  • Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

    User accounts can be terminated after having been in breach of the terms of service repeatedly

  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

  • You have the right to leave this service at any time

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

  • You are prohibited from publishing any third party’s personally identifiable information without their consent

    The publishing of personally identifiable information without the owner’s consent is not allowed

  • You maintain ownership of your content

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.