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title: "Pinterest (US): what refusing costs you"
url: "https://isitsellingme.com/entity/pinterest-us/"
grade: "C"
category: "Social"
last_checked: "2026-09-18"
---

# Pinterest (US)

**Grade C.** What refusing costs you: A setting, depth unverified.

Social · US

## The clause

> Some of these activities may be considered "targeted advertising" "sharing" or "selling" as those terms are defined under certain state privacy laws in the US. You can opt out of Pinterest using and disclosing your information for these purposes. To do so, visit your Privacy and Data Settings.

Source: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy, checked 18 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/pinterest-us/policy/2026-09-18T110813Z.html

## How this grade was reached

- Base grade B, from what refusing costs you.
- −1: Recipients are sold to, or described only by category rather than named.
- Final grade C.

## The three axes

### What refusing costs you

Finding: A setting, depth unverified.
The way to refuse: Privacy and Data Settings in the Pinterest account

> Some of these activities may be considered "targeted advertising" "sharing" or "selling" as those terms are defined under certain state privacy laws in the US. You can opt out of Pinterest using and disclosing your information for these purposes. To do so, visit your Privacy and Data Settings.

Source: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy, checked 18 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/pinterest-us/policy/2026-09-18T110813Z.html

### Who receives you

Finding: Sold on.
Categories: Advertising partners, on and off Pinterest, Facebook Ads and Google Marketing Platform (named examples), Advertisers receiving performance data, Vendors processing on Pinterest's behalf.

> To do this, we disclose information such as cookie IDs, your IP address, or a hashed version of your email address to third parties, such as Facebook Ads, Google Marketing Platform, and others who may combine that information with other information they already have about you and deliver ads about Pinterest to you.

Source: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy, checked 18 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/pinterest-us/policy/2026-09-18T110813Z.html

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 5 points about what the refusal covers.
- Not stated: Whether it applies to data already collected
- Not stated: Whether it covers in-store purchases
- Not stated: Whether it covers profiles inferred about you
- Not stated: Whether it binds a device or your account
- Not stated: Whether it expires

> Note that you will still see ads on our Services, but they will not be informed by offsite data.

Source: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy, checked 18 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/pinterest-us/policy/2026-09-18T110813Z.html

## Where your data goes next

- [Google (US)](https://isitsellingme.com/entity/google-us/): C (Platforms)
- [Meta (US)](https://isitsellingme.com/entity/meta-us/): C (Platforms)

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Page: https://isitsellingme.com/entity/pinterest-us/
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Last checked: 18 September 2026