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Pinterest's commitment to respect opt-out signals is conditioned on both the user's state of residence and the user having actively enabled the signal, limiting the scope of this protection.
Interpretive note: The excerpt does not specify which U.S. states qualify, leaving users to determine their own eligibility. The canonical claim preserves this ambiguity.
If you reside in a qualifying U.S. state and have enabled an opt-out preferences signal such as Global Privacy Control, Pinterest will respect that preference when you use the Service.
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"For users who reside in certain U.S. states and have enabled an opt-out preferences signal (such as Global Privacy Control), we will respect this preference when you use Pinterest.Excerpt from Pinterest's Privacy Policy
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Pinterest's commitment to respect opt-out signals is conditioned on both the user's state of residence and the user having actively enabled the signal, limiting the scope of this protection.
If you reside in a qualifying U.S. state and have enabled an opt-out preferences signal such as Global Privacy Control, Pinterest will respect that preference when you use the Service.
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