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Source-backed from Pinterest Privacy Policy

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15
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Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 4 findings
  • Camera & Photos 3 findings
  • Contacts 2 findings
  • Messages 3 findings
  • Biometrics 2 findings
  • Sensitive Data 2 findings
  • Tracking 13 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 11 findings
  • Sharing 23 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 27 findings
  • Other 7 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Biometrics Pinterest may estimate your age from your face

What this means

Where it considers age verification appropriate, it may also match your face against a government ID.

To verify your age where it considers that appropriate, Pinterest may estimate your age from your face and match your face against a government ID.

Why this matters

Face estimation is a biometric process even when no name is attached. It describes your body rather than something you chose.

What the policy says

Conduct age verification , as appropriate. This may include facial age estimation and matching your face against a government ID.

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Tracking Privacy control available The Pinterest Tag reports what you do on an advertiser's website

What this means

It is code the advertiser places on its own site, and it tells Pinterest and its advertising partners what happens after you see an ad.

Through the Pinterest Tag, a piece of code an advertiser places on its own website, Pinterest and its advertising partners are told what a person does on that website after seeing an ad on Pinterest.

Why this matters

Conversion tracking is why a site you never signed into can report your visit back to a platform.

What the policy says

Sometimes we get this information through the Pinterest Tag (a piece of code an advertiser puts on their site), which delivers insights to us and our ad partners about actions that a person takes on their website after viewing an ad on our Services. Learn more about the Pinterest Tag and the types of information advertisers or other third parties share with us.

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Tracking Privacy control available Pinterest may receive the purchases you made on other websites

What this means

It says this can come from third-party services, along with the advertiser websites you visit and your interests.

Pinterest may receive information about the advertiser websites you visit, the purchases you made from them, and your interests from third-party services, and may use it to show you ads.

Why this matters

Purchase history is among the most revealing kinds of activity data, and it can arrive from outside the service holding it.

What the policy says

For example, we may receive information about your visits to an advertiser's site, or purchases you made from them, or information about your interests from a third-party service, which we might use to help show you ads on the Service. Sometimes we get this information through the Pinterest Tag (a piece of code an advertiser puts on their site), which delivers insights to us and our ad partners about actions that a person takes on their website after viewing an ad on our Services.

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What you can do

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Location 2
  • Messages 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Tracking 2
  • Camera & Photos 1
  • Contacts 1
  • Controls & Permissions 1
  • Sensitive Data 1

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  • Location 2 more
  • Camera & Photos 2 more
  • Contacts 1 more
  • Messages 1 more
  • Biometrics 1 more
  • Sensitive Data 1 more
  • Tracking 9 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 11 more
  • Sharing 21 more
  • Controls & Permissions 26 more
  • Other 7 more

  • Complete report

    82 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

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    4 verified privacy controls, 2 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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