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Personal Data Used to Identify User Interests

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 3333 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Lyft Medium

We may infer certain information from your interactions with the Lyft Platform and other personal information available to us. For example, if you frequently ride to or from airports, we may infer you are a frequent traveler.

Square Medium

we may use this information to make it easier for you to find the people you want to send payments to, for account and identity verification and fraud prevention purposes, to reduce the risk you will send payments to the wrong person, or to provide other personalized services.

Google Cloud Medium

We evaluate Service Data to help us improve the performance and functionality of Cloud Services.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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To provide the Service, we need to be able to identify you and your interests, and we use your personal data to do this.

Excerpt from Pinterest's Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
COPPA
United States Federal
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Pinterest Terms of Service
Entity
Pinterest
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-023888
Document ID
CA-D-00099
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f7d9a333d32c7f9a30609be20302c15c678082d9159dbbbf276f7cd4158d2ae4
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 14:55 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Pinterest
Document: Pinterest Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-023888
Captured: 2026-05-07 14:55:16 UTC
SHA-256: f7d9a333d32c7f9a…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/pinterest/pinterest-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-023888/personal-data-used-to-identify-user-interests/
Accessed: Aug. 7, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Pinterest's Personal Data Used to Identify User Interests clause do?

The clause states: “To provide the Service, we need to be able to identify you and your interests, and we use your personal data to do this.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Pinterest.