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The agreement conditions access on users being at least 13 years old and meeting local legal age requirements for consent, and references deletion of under-age data, which engages COPPA compliance obligations and analogous EU and UK age-appropriate design requirements.
Interpretive note: The minimum consent age varies by EEA member state and other jurisdictions; the terms' acknowledgment that users must be 'old enough to legally consent in your country' leaves application dependent on local law, which creates variable compliance exposure.
The agreement states that content users post on Pinterest may be used by Pinterest for advertising, marketing, and distribution through partner platforms under a broad royalty-free license that persists after account deletion for content already saved or shared by others. US users who do not opt out within 30 days of accepting the terms are subject to mandatory individual arbitration for disputes with Pinterest, waiving the right to participate in class action lawsuits. You can opt out of the arbitration clause by sending a written notice to Pinterest within 30 days of first accepting or re-accepting the terms, as specified in the dispute resolution section.
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YOU MUST BE AND HEREBY AFFIRM THAT YOU ARE AN ADULT OF THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR COUNTRY OR STATE OF RESIDENCE. If you are under the legal age of majority, your parent or legal guardian must consent to this agreement.
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 16. If you are under the age of 16, you may only use the Service with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your...
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or access the Service at any time or in any manner. If we learn that personally identifiable information has been collected on the Service from persons under 13 years of age and without v...
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"By using Pinterest, you state that: you are at least 13 years old and you are old enough to legally consent to use Pinterest in your country. If we learn that we've collected the personal information of a child under the age of 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.— Excerpt from Pinterest's Pinterest Terms of Service
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The agreement conditions access on users being at least 13 years old and meeting local legal age requirements for consent, and references deletion of under-age data, which engages COPPA compliance obligations and analogous EU and UK age-appropriate design requirements.
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