Pinterest's advertising platform for promoted pins and shopping ads.

1 Documents
10 All provisions 0 High severity 7 Medium severity 3 Low severity
0 Changes · 12 mo
- Last change

High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.

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ConductAtlas User-Protection Index
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Only 2 of 6 governance dimensions are confidently known for Pinterest Ads — too few for a headline score. What we do have is shown below.
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Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score. Computed algorithmically from Pinterest Ads’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.

Business tier · insufficient coverage (scored on 2 of 6)
Arbitration & class action weight 22% not stated
Data sharing & sale weight 20% 63.6
AI training on your data weight 18% not stated
Data retention & deletion weight 15% 65.0
Content ownership & licence weight 15% not stated
Liability & warranties weight 10% not stated
Governance Coverage
Restricted Content
86 provisions · 55 high · 28 med
Contract Terms
18 provisions · 3 high · 15 med
Data Collection
14 provisions · 9 high · 5 med
Disclosure Requirements
12 provisions · 3 high · 9 med
Acceptable Use
10 provisions · 7 med
Platform Discretion
10 provisions · 9 high · 1 med
Targeting Restrictions
9 provisions · 7 high · 2 med
Landing Page
6 provisions · 6 med
Monetization Rules
4 provisions · 2 med
Data Usage
4 provisions · 4 high
Quick Facts
Arbitration: Not stated
AI Training: Not stated
Data Retention: 183-day retention
Class Action: Not stated
Key Governance Provisions
High Ad data restricted to Pinterest campaign measurement only

This clause strictly limits how advertisers may use data obtained via Pinterest's ad service, preventing repurposing of that data for any other business or targeting function.

High Advertising guidelines may change at any time

Advertisers have no assurance of rule stability; obligations and restrictions governing their campaigns can be altered at any point without a fixed notice or review period.

High Pinterest right to reject or remove any ad at discretion

This clause grants Pinterest Ads broad discretion to reject or remove ads based on relationship or interest grounds, meaning ad approval is not guaranteed even for otherwise policy-compliant campaign…

High Advertisers must comply with all applicable local laws

This clause places full legal compliance responsibility on advertisers across every jurisdiction where their ads run, meaning geographic expansion of ad campaigns carries corresponding legal obligati…

High Trade sanctions prohibit use of Pinterest ads products

This clause bars advertisers subject to or operating in US-sanctioned territories from using Pinterest ads, and the listed territories reflect current service unavailability tied to those sanctions.

Document Coverage
Advertisingpolicy
Last change detected: - Changes (12 months): 0 Documents monitored: 1 Provisions tracked: 10
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Pinterest Advertising Guidelines

Medium

These guidelines set the rules advertisers must follow to run ads on Pinterest. Key restrictions include: you cannot target users under 18 or build audiences based on sensitive characteristics like …

Last updated May 20, 2026 · Advertising policy
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What Pinterest Ads documents does ConductAtlas track?

ConductAtlas tracks 1 Pinterest Ads documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.

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