Pinterest uses two lifetimes of cookie: session cookies, which last until you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which last until you or your browser delete them. As an example, persistent cookies store your language preferences or other settings so you do not have to set them up each visit.
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We use session cookies (that last until you close your browser) or persistent cookies (that last until you or your browser delete them).
we use persistent cookies to store your language preferences or other settings
Qualifications & exceptions
The language and settings use is given as an example, not a full list of what persistent cookies do.
Not stated here
The policy does not say how long any particular persistent cookie lasts.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Analytics cookies: how Pinterest is used
Pinterest uses analytics cookies for internal analytics, to make Pinterest better. Examples it gives are counting how many people use a feature and how popular it is, and whether people open an email Pinterest sends.
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Analytics cookies which are used for internal analytics
We use analytics cookies to make Pinterest better. For example, these cookies tell us how many people use a certain feature and how popular it is, or whether people open an email we send.
Qualifications & exceptions
The examples are illustrations, not an exhaustive list.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Cookies that help advertisers measure their ads
Under analytics, Pinterest also says it uses cookies to help advertisers understand who sees and interacts with their ads, and who visits their website or purchases their products. This is measurement for advertisers, listed alongside Pinterest's own analytics.
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We also use cookies to help advertisers understand who sees and interacts with their ads, and who visits their website or purchases their products.
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The policy does not say what information is given to advertisers or in what form.
Use & Processing · User right or choice
Personalization settings and opt-outs in your Pinterest settings
In the Personalization section of your settings you can decide whether Pinterest uses information from its partners and other services to personalize Pinterest for you, and whether it uses information it learns about you on Pinterest to market Pinterest to you on other sites and apps. The policy also points to your privacy settings for opting out of the partner advertising services and of the advertising vendors that market Pinterest on other websites and apps.
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In the Personalization section of [your settings](https://www.pinterest.com/settings/), you can decide whether we use info from our partners and other services to personalize Pinterest for you or whether we use information we learn about you on Pinterest to market Pinterest to you on other sites and apps.
If you’d like to opt-out of these services you can do so in your [settings](https://www.pinterest.com/settings/privacy).
If you’d like to opt-out of these services you can do so in your [settings](https://www.pinterest.com/settings/privacy).
Qualifications & exceptions
These are choices made in Pinterest settings; the policy points to a Help Center page for more on the options.
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The Help Center page on personalization and data is linked but not part of this saved document, so its detail is not covered.
Cross-references
qualifies (model-proposed): Marketing cookies: advertising Pinterest off Pinterest — qualifies: The Personalization settings choice limits how Pinterest uses what it learns on Pinterest to market to you on other sites and apps.
Pinterest supports the Do Not Track browser setting
Some browsers have a privacy setting called “Do Not Track,” which Pinterest says it supports. The policy describes it as another way to decide whether Pinterest uses information from its partners and other services to customize Pinterest for you. A Help Center article is linked for more.
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Some browsers also have a privacy setting called “Do Not Track,” which we support. This setting is another way for you to decide whether we use info from our partners and other services to customize Pinterest for you.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to browsers that offer the Do Not Track setting.
The policy ties it to customization using information from partners and other services, not to every kind of tracking.
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What “support” means in practice is explained only in a linked Help Center article that is not part of this saved document.