Trust Index · Social and messaging
Pinterest gets a C. Here's what loads before you agree
Checked October 25, 2026 in a US browser, with no choice made on any banner.
Grade C
pinterest.com
76/100
- Online since 2009, 16 years
- No consent banner seen
Consent and tracking35
Security100
Accessibility89
Transparency95
What cost it points
- high
Ad networks log your visit before you choose.
- medium
No banner asks you, so there's nothing to refuse.
- medium
No link to opt out of your data being sold for ads.
- low
No stated way to report a barrier.
- low
Keyboard users can't skip the menu.
- low
No published way to report a security hole.
What loaded before you chose
Third-party trackers that fired before any choice, across 2 visits.
- Ad trackers
- Pinterest Tag
- Analytics
- None
- Cookies before a choice
- 6
- Session recording
- None
- Consent banner
- None
- Opt-out link
- No
The fine print
- Terms of use
- 21 min read (opens in a new tab) · 5,036 words
- Privacy policy
- 33 min read (opens in a new tab) · 7,969 words
- Forced arbitration
- Yes: no court
- Class-action waiver
- Not found
- AI in the privacy policy
- 10 mentions
- Accessibility statement
- No
Read automatically, so unusual wording can be missed. Not scored.
Security
- HTTPS
- Yes
- HSTS
- Yes
- Content-Security-Policy
- Yes
- Framing blocked
- Yes
- Secret keys in code
- None
- security.txt
- No
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