10 Total
5 High severity
5 Medium severity
0 Low severity
Summary

Pinterest's privacy policy explains what personal information they collect about you (like your searches, clicks, location, and device details), how they use it (mainly to show you personalized content and ads), and who they share it with (including advertisers and partners). Pinterest may use your data to train its AI systems and will share data with third parties for advertising purposes. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, delete, or opt out of certain uses of your data.

Technical Summary

Pinterest's Privacy Policy governs the collection, use, storage, and sharing of personal data for users of its platform globally. It details the types of data collected (including usage data, device information, location data, and inferred interests), the legal bases for processing, and the third parties with whom data is shared (including advertisers, partners, and service providers). The policy establishes user rights including access, deletion, correction, and portability of personal data, with differentiated rights for users in the EU/EEA, UK, Switzerland, and US states including California. Notable provisions include the use of personal data to train AI/ML models, cross-context behavioral advertising, data retention practices, and the transfer of data internationally.

Institutional Analysis

This policy engages GDPR (EU/EEA and UK), CCPA/CPRA (California), and other US state privacy laws, creating differentiated compliance obligations across jurisdictions including legal bases for proces…

This policy engages GDPR (EU/EEA and UK), CCPA/CPRA (California), and other US state privacy laws, creating differentiated compliance obligations across jurisdictions including legal bases for processing, data subject rights mechanisms, and cross-border data transfer safeguards. Key risk areas incl…

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Evidence Provenance
Captured March 15, 2026 06:04 UTC
Document ID CA-D-000098
Version ID CA-V-000090
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