Data Report Card · Pinterest
Pinterest Data Report Card
Pinterest account
Data
Practices
Practices
2Access1Portability2Friction2Deletion1Sells0Trains AI
=
C
8/12
Agent
Readiness
Readiness
2Access
1Portability
2API access
=
B
5/6
Agent Readiness is a derived signal — a synthesis of two existing cells (Access, Portability) plus one sourced factor (API access), not an independently measured grade. API access scale: Best (2) consumer-grantable API · Moderate (1) partial / encumbered · Restrictive (0) manual export only. What is Agent Readiness?
Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from Pinterest's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
Self-serve request via Settings → Privacy and data → Request your data; Pinterest emails a SendSafely download link, no fee.
Pinterest Help — Download your Pinterest data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Portabilitystated
Archive delivered via emailed link; help docs do not specify a format, and the export skews toward account metadata/URLs rather than a confirmed full
Pinterest Help — Download your Pinterest data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗JSON/CSV bundle (scored conservatively).2Frictionstated
Self-serve request with a fast turnaround — Pinterest emails the download link within up to 48 hours.
Pinterest Help — Download your Pinterest data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Deletionstated
Self-serve deletion via Settings → Delete your data and account with email confirmation and a 14-day grace period before permanent removal.
Pinterest Privacy Policy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Sells / sharesstated
Shares data for advertising (e.g. cookie IDs, IP, hashed email to Facebook Ads / Google Marketing Platform) but offers opt-out toggles and honors GPC for eligible US-state residents.
Pinterest Privacy Policy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗0Trains AIstated
Policy states it uses "any Pins on Pinterest" to "train, develop and improve" its machine-learning models "regardless of when Pins were posted," with no specific opt-out for AI training.
Pinterest Privacy Policy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2API access — feeds Agent Readiness, not the /12stated
Pinterest's API v5 uses OAuth2 with refresh tokens and read scopes (pins, boards, user account), letting you authorize an app to fetch your own pins, boards and profile; moving an app from Trial to Standard access requires a review with a demo video.
Pinterest — API v5 access tiers · accessed Jun 2026 ↗Pinterest offers fast self-serve access, easy deletion and GPC honoring, but shares data for ad targeting and trains its ML models broadly on user Pins with no AI-training opt-out. Source-verified Jun 2026; all cells stated (read from published policy/support docs), none yet tested via live export.
How to request your data from Pinterest
- Go to https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/download-your-pinterest-data — Pinterest's data-request entry point.
- Settings → Privacy and data → Request your data.
- Expected wait: up to 48 hours to email a download link — Pinterest's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
- No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact Pinterest — Data Protection Officer: https://help.pinterest.com/en/data-protection-officer-contact-form.
These steps reflect Pinterest's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.