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Pinecone · Pinecone Privacy Policy · View original document ↗

Security Safeguards Maintained But Not Guaranteed

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Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What safeguards does Pinecone maintain?
“We maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee...”
Version CA-V-004343, captured June 30, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
Pinecone maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards designed to protect collected personal information but cannot guarantee security.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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Pinecone acknowledges it cannot guarantee security, which limits any expectation that safeguards will prevent a breach and is relevant to liability in the event of a security incident.

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Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after 'we cannot guarantee', so the full scope of the security disclaimer is not visible. The canonical claim is limited strictly to what the quoted language establishes.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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While Pinecone maintains safeguards for your personal information, you accept that those safeguards do not come with a security guarantee.

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We may be unable to fulfill certain data requests for legitimate reasons, such as protecting trade secrets, intellectual property, or complying with legal obligations.

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We maintain various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee...

Excerpt from Pinecone's Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Pinecone Privacy Policy
Entity
Pinecone
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 12, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-004343, captured June 30, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-061127
Document ID
CA-D-000803
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-004343)
57bc81da35275d143d0042d9f88ffca7c9b3bb71155fccf134645166fcf5bdfa
Analysis generated
May 12, 2026 15:43 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-004343, captured June 30, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Pinecone
Document: Pinecone Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-061127
Version: CA-V-004343
Captured: 2026-06-30 01:17:55 UTC
SHA-256: 57bc81da35275d14…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/pinecone/pinecone-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-061127/security-safeguards-maintained-but-not-guaranteed/
Accessed: Oct. 24, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Pinecone's Security Safeguards Maintained But Not Guaranteed clause do?

Pinecone acknowledges it cannot guarantee security, which limits any expectation that safeguards will prevent a breach and is relevant to liability in the event of a security incident.

How does this clause affect you?

While Pinecone maintains safeguards for your personal information, you accept that those safeguards do not come with a security guarantee.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 281 platforms. See the full comparison.

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