Posted: October 24, 2024 by Pieter Arntz
www.malwarebytes.com
Pinterest has received a complaint from privacy watchdog noyb (None of your business) over the unsolicited tracking of its users.
So, like many other social media platforms before it, Pinterest claimed to have a legitimate interest in using personal data without asking for consent.
Social media platforms have a habit of claiming to need that ability for economic reasons, to improve their service, or to safeguard security of both users and the platform. But in every case I know of, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled against platforms using personal data without consent.