Any feedback or suggestions you send to Pinecone become Pinecone's property, and Pinecone can use them however it wants without any confidentiality obligations.
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This clause operates as an immediate assignment of all intellectual property rights in any submitted feedback to Pinecone, and treats all feedback as non-confidential; users retain no rights in submitted suggestions or ideas.
Users who submit feedback or suggestions about the Pinecone website assign all intellectual property rights in that content to Pinecone, which may use it in any manner it deems appropriate. The terms also advise users not to submit information they consider confidential or proprietary, as Pinecone treats all feedback as non-proprietary.
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"If you provide Pinecone with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Site ("Feedback"), you hereby assign to Pinecone all rights in such Feedback and agree that Pinecone shall have the right to use and fully exploit such Feedback and related information in any manner it deems appropriate. Pinecone will treat any Feedback you provide to Pinecone as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that you will not submit to Pinecone any information or ideas that you consider to be confidential or proprietary.Excerpt from Pinecone's Terms of Service
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This clause operates as an immediate assignment of all intellectual property rights in any submitted feedback to Pinecone, and treats all feedback as non-confidential; users retain no rights in submitted suggestions or ideas.
Users who submit feedback or suggestions about the Pinecone website assign all intellectual property rights in that content to Pinecone, which may use it in any manner it deems appropriate. The terms also advise users not to submit information they consider confidential or proprietary, as Pinecone treats all feedback as non-proprietary.
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