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The absence of a temporal limit on when Pins were posted means that historically posted content remains available for use in training Pinterest's machine learning models.
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Pinterest may use your information, including content from Pins regardless of when they were posted, to train and improve its machine learning models.
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The absence of a temporal limit on when Pins were posted means that historically posted content remains available for use in training Pinterest's machine learning models.
Pinterest may use your information, including content from Pins regardless of when they were posted, to train and improve its machine learning models.
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