Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Content may be kept after deletion; shared copies and their use may continue
Following account termination or deactivation, or removal of User Content, Pinterest may keep the User Content for a reasonable period for backup, archival or audit purposes. The Terms also say Pinterest and its users may retain and continue to use, store, display, reproduce, save, modify, create derivative works, perform and distribute any User Content that you or other users have stored or shared on Pinterest.
Supporting quotations
Following termination or deactivation of your account, or User Content removal from Pinterest, we may keep your User Content for a reasonable period of time for backup, archival, or audit purposes.
We and our users may retain and continue to use, store, display, reproduce, save, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute any of your User Content that you or other users have stored or shared on Pinterest.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The backup period is described only as “a reasonable period of time”.
data: content
Not stated here
- The exact backup period is not stated.
Cross-references
- related (model-proposed): You license your User Content to Pinterest, affiliates, providers and users — License to User Content.