Pinterest may review your messages for safety and enforcement
Pinterest says it reviews activity and messages to detect spam, enforce its terms, or address risks to the community or public.
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Pinterest lets people save and organize Pins and boards, and recommends ideas and content based on their interests.
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Pinterest says it reviews activity and messages to detect spam, enforce its terms, or address risks to the community or public.
You keep ownership, but posting grants Pinterest and others a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, distribute, and monetize your content.
The terms require an informal resolution attempt before most claims go to individual arbitration, waiving a jury trial and class participation.
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Pinterest may use on- and off-site activity and ad-partner information to personalize ads; the extent can depend on your age, location, and settings.
The policy says ad customization depends on factors including your age, location, and privacy settings.
Pinterest says it reviews activity and messages to detect spam, enforce its terms, or address risks to the community or public.
If you choose contact syncing, Pinterest processes information about your contacts who use the service to help you find one another.
This applies only if you choose, or previously chose, to sync your contacts.
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Depending on your location and settings, Pinterest may share information about ads you see or interact with, sometimes at an individual level.
Whether information is shared at an individual level depends on your location and privacy settings; the stated opt-out applies to activities covered by certain state privacy laws.
If you want to opt out of covered targeted advertising, sharing, or selling, use the Privacy and Data Settings described in the policy.
Pinterest says it uses information, including Pins, to train and improve technology, and that this can apply regardless of when Pins were posted.
You keep ownership, but posting grants Pinterest and others a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, distribute, and monetize your content.
The terms allow temporary retention for backup, archival, or audit and say Pinterest and users may continue using content stored or shared on Pinterest.
The terms allow suspension or termination for any violation; written notice and an opportunity to appeal are provided only where appropriate.
The terms require an informal resolution attempt before most claims go to individual arbitration, waiving a jury trial and class participation.
The terms seek to exclude several kinds of damages and cap total liability for service-related claims at $100, subject to limits required by law.
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