“Selling content was never our intention and we removed this from our updated Terms.”Ĭonversely, users are not allowed to use the site for commercial purposes, either. “Our original Terms stated that by posting content to Pinterest you grant Pinterest the right for us to sell your content,” Silbermann writes. Specifically, Cold Brew Labs (owner of Pinterest) says it is changing its terms to spell out that Pinterest does not have the right to sell your content - something it says it never intended to do in the first place. The new terms put a much stronger emphasis on how Pinterest can commercially use the information you post on the site. From the looks of it, that future direction involves not just more private experiences on Pinterest but also stronger push to get Pinterest working in a whole lot more places, and with a whole lot more partners. ![]() “We think that the updated Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy are easier to understand and better reflect the direction our company is headed in the future,” CEO Ben Silbermann wrote in an email late on March 23 to Pinterest users informing them of the changes, due to take effect on April 6. ![]() Pinterest is growing up fast: just last week the image-based social network rolled out redesigned profile pages, and now it’s following that up with an updated Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy that sharpen how the company interfaces on a number of commercial points, as it rides its wave and rapidly reaches and passes 12 million users.
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