You can ask to learn about Pinterest's practices and get the specific personal information it has about you
If you live in a state covered by a State Privacy Law, you may submit a verifiable request to learn more about Pinterest's information practices and to get the specific pieces of personal information Pinterest has collected about you. The request must be verifiable; Pinterest verifies identity by having you log in to your password-protected account or respond to an email verification request.
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States with State Privacy Laws
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Verifiable request
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Your rights under the State Privacy Laws
Right to Know and Access. You may submit a verifiable request to learn more about our information practices and for the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.
Some U.S. states have enacted privacy laws that grant their residents certain rights
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to residents of states with State Privacy Laws.
The request must be verifiable.
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Response timelines and any limits on how often you can ask are not stated.
You can correct inaccurate information by updating your profile in your account
Pinterest describes the right to correct as something you do yourself: you can correct inaccurate information by updating your profile information in your account. The page does not describe a separate request process for correcting information that is not part of your profile.
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What it does
Update profile information in your account
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Right to Correct. You can correct inaccurate information by updating your profile information in your account.
Qualifications & exceptions
The method given is updating your profile information in your account.
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How to correct inaccurate information that you cannot edit in your profile is not described.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
You can ask Pinterest to delete personal information it collected from you
You may submit a verifiable request that Pinterest delete personal information it has collected from you. The wording covers information collected from you, which is narrower than the access right's information collected about you; information Pinterest received from partners, advertisers or other third parties is not expressly covered. The page states no exceptions to deletion, but it also does not say deletion is unconditional; its retention statement allows keeping information needed for legal or regulatory obligations.
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What it covers
Personal information collected from you
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Verifiable request
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Right to Delete. You may submit a verifiable request that we delete Personal Information we have collected from you.
there is no need for us to keep it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations
Qualifications & exceptions
Covers personal information collected "from you", not expressly information collected about you from others.
The request must be verifiable.
Not stated here
Whether Pinterest will delete information it received about you from third parties is not stated.
Exceptions to deletion and response timelines are not stated on this page.
Pinterest will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights
Pinterest says it will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
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Right to Equal Service. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
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The page does not say whether opting out can change the ads or features you see.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Use account settings, the Help Center or email to exercise rights; you verify by logging in or by email
To exercise these rights, Pinterest directs you to your account settings, and if you still need help, to its Help Center or privacy-support@pinterest.com. To verify your identity when you make a request, you will be required to log in to your password-protected account or respond to an email verification request.
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What it does
Log in or respond to an email verification request
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In order to verify your identity when you make a request, you will be required to log in to your password-protected account or respond to an email verification request.
To exercise these rights, please visit your account settings, and if you still need help
or contact us at privacy-support@pinterest.com.
Qualifications & exceptions
Verification requires logging in to your password-protected account or responding to an email verification request.
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How someone without a Pinterest account can verify a request is not described.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
An authorized agent can make requests for you, but without power of attorney you must verify directly
You may designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. If the agent does not provide a valid power of attorney, Pinterest will ask you to verify the request directly by email or through your password-protected account.
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No valid power of attorney: you verify directly
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In addition to exercising these rights yourself, you may also designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf.
If the authorized agent does not provide a valid power of attorney, we will ask you to verify the request directly via email or through your password-protected account.
Qualifications & exceptions
Without a valid power of attorney, you must verify the agent's request yourself.
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What other proof of authorization Pinterest accepts from an agent is not stated.