Who this notice covers: people without Pinterest accounts
This notice is addressed to "Non-Users": people who do not use Pinterest and/or do not have a Pinterest account. Pinterest says it processes certain limited information about them in two situations: when it receives that information from its users as they create Pins, or when it uses licensed, publicly available information. Pinterest states it processes this information even though the person is not a user or account holder.
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processes certain limited information if we receive it from our users when they create Pins on the Pinterest app or where we use licensed, publicly available information
We process this information even if you are not a user of Pinterest and/or do not have an account with us (a “Non-User”).
Information for people who don’t use Pinterest and/or have Pinterest accounts
Qualifications & exceptions
The notice describes the information as "certain limited information" and ties it to two sources: users creating Pins and licensed, publicly available information; cookies are described separately for Non-Users who visit the website.
The section heading reads "and/or have Pinterest accounts", while the defining sentence says "do not have an account"; the defining sentence is used for scope here.
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The notice does not list the specific categories of personal data received from users or from licensed public sources.
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Pins made by users may include images of people who are not users
Users create Pins by uploading their own images or videos and can also save images they find online as Pins. Pinterest says its Community Guidelines do not allow content that reveals personal or sensitive information, including photos of private people who do not want them posted online, but it acknowledges that Pins created by users may still include images of Non-Users. This is how a Non-User's image can end up on Pinterest without that person having an account.
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do not allow content that reveals personal or sensitive information, including photos of private people that they don’t want posted online
However, it is possible that Pins created by users may include images of Non-Users.
Users can create their own Pins by uploading images or videos from their computer or mobile device. In addition to creating Pins with their own images and videos, users can save images they find online as Pins.
Qualifications & exceptions
The Community Guidelines restriction covers personal or sensitive information, including photos of private people that they do not want posted online; it does not say every image of a Non-User is prohibited.
The notice says such images are "possible", not that Pinterest seeks them out.
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The Community Guidelines are linked but not supplied, so their full rule and enforcement are not reviewed here.
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Cookies collect information when a Non-User visits the website
Pinterest collects information through cookies and similar technologies, as explained in its Cookie Policy. The notice ties this specifically to a Non-User visiting the website: in that case Pinterest also processes information through cookies and similar technologies.
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We collect information through cookies and similar technologies as explained in our
Where a Non-User visits the website, we also process information through cookies and similar technologies as explained in our
Qualifications & exceptions
The cookie processing for Non-Users is stated for visits to the website.
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The Cookie Policy is linked (two different link addresses appear) but not supplied, so which cookies are set, what they collect and the available choices are not reviewed here.
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Licensed public data from sites such as GitHub may include Non-Users
Pinterest also collects licensed, publicly available information through third-party websites, giving GitHub as an example. It says this information may contain information about Non-Users.
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We also collect licensed, publicly available information through third-party websites such as GitHub. It is possible that this information may contain information about Non-Users.
Qualifications & exceptions
GitHub is an example ("such as"), not the full list of third-party sources.
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Which other third-party websites are used, what the licensed information contains and the license terms are not stated.
The notice does not say for which listed purpose this licensed information is used.