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We retain your account information for as long as your account is active and up to 15 days thereafter.
We shall promptly destroy personal information without delay when the retention period has expired or when the purpose of processing has been achieved, and the personal information is no longer necessary.
When Personal Information is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected, we securely delete, anonymize, or put it beyond use.
"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
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The clause states: “If we disable an account for violating our Terms, we also preserve information about that user for safety, security and integrity purposes.”
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