The policy states that Pinterest retains user information beyond account closure or deletion when it is necessary to investigate misuse or when an account has been disabled for Terms violations, with no specified maximum retention period for this preserved data.
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This provision establishes that account-level data may be retained indefinitely for safety, security, and integrity purposes following a Terms violation-based account disablement, and that information may also be retained for misuse investigation purposes without a specified time limit. The policy separately states that GDPR correspondence is retained for two years, but does not specify equivalent retention limits for safety or security preservation categories.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify a maximum retention period for safety, security, and integrity categories, creating ambiguity about how long data from disabled accounts or misuse investigations may be held.
Under this provision, users whose accounts are disabled for Terms violations, or whose data is retained for misuse investigation, may have their personal information held by Pinterest beyond the period they actively use the service, with the retention period determined by Pinterest's safety and security assessment. Users in EEA, Switzerland, and UK can submit data subject access or deletion requests, subject to limitations for legally required or legitimately retained data.
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Compare across platforms →"We keep information where it is necessary to investigate misuse of our Services, such as spam and other bad experiences. If we disable an account for violating our Terms, we also preserve information about that user for safety, security and integrity purposes.Excerpt from Pinterest's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR's storage limitation principle under Article 5(1)(e), which requires that personal data be kept no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.
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This provision establishes that account-level data may be retained indefinitely for safety, security, and integrity purposes following a Terms violation-based account disablement, and that information may also be retained for misuse investigation purposes without a specified time limit. The policy separately states that GDPR correspondence is retained for two years, but does not specify equivalent retention limits for safety or …
Under this provision, users whose accounts are disabled for Terms violations, or whose data is retained for misuse investigation, may have their personal information held by Pinterest beyond the period they actively use the service, with the retention period determined by Pinterest's safety and security assessment. Users in EEA, Switzerland, and UK can submit data subject access or deletion requests, …
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