Companies/social
Current privacy policylast checked 8/14/2026check delayed
What LinkedIn takes from you. Straight from the captured policy. Tap any row for the exact quote.
Account activityHow and when you use your account.Collected
“We log your visits and use of our Services, including mobile apps.”
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Device identifiersSerial numbers and IDs that mark your phone or laptop.Collected
“we use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels and ad tags) to collect data (e.g., device IDs) to recognize you and your device(s)”
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Inferred profileGuesses about you — interests, habits, demographics.Collected
“Information inferred from data described above (e.g., using job titles from a profile to infer industry, seniority, and compensation bracket; using graduation dates to infer age or using first names or pronoun usage to infer gender; using your feed activity to infer your interests; or using device data to recognize you as a Member)”
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LocationWhere you are or where you've been.Collected
“If you use our Services from a mobile device, that device will send us data about your location based on your phone settings”
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Your nameYour legal or profile name.Collected
“To create an account you need to provide data including your name”
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Payment detailsCards, billing info, or transaction data.Collected
“If you register for a premium Service, you will need to provide payment (e.g., credit card) and billing information”
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Why they use your data.
AdvertisingTargeting or measuring ads.Yes
“ads to Members, Visitors and others both on and off our Services directly or through a variety of partners”
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AI trainingUsing your data to train AI models.Yes
“We may use your personal data to improve, develop, and provide products and Services, develop and train artificial intelligence (AI) models, develop, provide, and personalize our Services”
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AnalyticsMeasuring how people use the service.Yes
“We use your data to perform analytics to produce and share insights that do not identify you.”
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Running the productMaking the service itself work.Yes
“We develop our Services and conduct research#### Service DevelopmentWe use data, including public feedback, to conduct research and development for our Services in order to provide you and others with a better, more intuitive and personalized experience, drive membership growth and engagement on our Services, and help connect professionals to each other and to economic opportunity.”
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ResearchStudies and product research.Yes
“We use the personal data available to us to research social, economic and workplace trends, such as jobs availability and skills needed for these jobs and policies that help bridge the gap in various industries and geographic areas.”
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Sharing, retention & your controls.
You can get a copyYou can request the data they hold on you.Good sign
“You can ask us for a copy of your personal data and can ask for a copy of personal data you provided in machine readable form.”
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You can delete your dataThe policy offers a way to erase your data.Good sign
“You can ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data”
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Retention period disclosedThe policy says how long data is kept.Disclosed
“We keep most of your personal data for as long as your account is open.”
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No sharing disclosedThe captured policy doesn't disclose sharing.Disclosed
“We publish or allow others to publish economic insights, presented as aggregated data rather than personal data.”
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You can opt outYou can say no to some uses of your data.Good sign
“We offer you choices regarding personalized ads”
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Shares with third partiesData goes to other companies.Disclosed
“We target (and measure the performance of) ads to Members, Visitors and others both on and off our Services directly or through a variety of partners”
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You can opt outYou can say no to some uses of your data.Says no
“you cannot opt-out of seeing non-personalized ads”
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Shares with third partiesData goes to other companies.Says no
“We currently do not share personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes without your permission.”
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What changed.
No published changes yet.
Full evidence record (20 published claims)
control · access
We found: disclosed
“You can ask us for a copy of your personal data and can ask for a copy of personal data you provided in machine readable form.”
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claim 2294bc3533f47335c200fe5729f22645b83af46d007586d4682d8404f56120cb
sharing · third party
We found: not disclosed
“We currently do not share personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes without your permission.”
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claim a88e385b3e51779212386bd5028125366f2f67c5e9d539fd87342f17e635ca6b
data collected · inferred profile
We found: disclosed
“Information inferred from data described above (e.g., using job titles from a profile to infer industry, seniority, and compensation bracket; using graduation dates to infer age or using first names or pronoun usage to infer gender; using your feed activity to infer your interests; or using device data to recognize you as a Member)”
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claim 5744169199194814517b5c32c8fdad80e111eb7da31d36f64942942e7b23e6bc
control · opt out
We found: disclosed
“We offer you choices regarding personalized ads”
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claim f4178da6da9dffb8d12d708a90f97bf294acfc151d0ad3912ce4c925bed79d1b
purpose · product
We found: disclosed
“We develop our Services and conduct research#### Service DevelopmentWe use data, including public feedback, to conduct research and development for our Services in order to provide you and others with a better, more intuitive and personalized experience, drive membership growth and engagement on our Services, and help connect professionals to each other and to economic opportunity.”
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claim 1c2714a9a8b0748fc8a5a9d2b631b6904477075099496dc4e1dc4dfcb0324648
sharing · none disclosed
We found: disclosed
“We publish or allow others to publish economic insights, presented as aggregated data rather than personal data.”
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claim c851ea0ce2c8973fab6c5e03f35a0c17ba5519ba4909860ba4946a2af0cf2a1f
data collected · account activity
We found: disclosed
“We log your visits and use of our Services, including mobile apps.”
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claim 9a8ee4eb7a28b3b9273314cbfc4f453306e680bfd6165f4ad8fbf86cd75b85b0
purpose · analytics
We found: disclosed
“We use your data to perform analytics to produce and share insights that do not identify you.”
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claim 1da3a6834e746d1a7adf6ee911e48cce975242562c1407994df6fd62e19f2fd2
sharing · third party
We found: disclosed
“We target (and measure the performance of) ads to Members, Visitors and others both on and off our Services directly or through a variety of partners”
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claim d9c003e87f9db4a95dba283d3e562e89ea3157f53c1ac938529ba0eafa0333db
data collected · name
We found: disclosed
“To create an account you need to provide data including your name”
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claim 9d8cd165793abe3e414e75e43bce47bb86fb312e3368c25344a89b0e5a72fd9c
retention · duration disclosed
We found: disclosed
“We keep most of your personal data for as long as your account is open.”
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claim df632231f5eca62922f8666fd0506948c4f1b4bf0c9bcdf44d7a584bab884df0
data collected · device id
We found: disclosed
“we use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels and ad tags) to collect data (e.g., device IDs) to recognize you and your device(s)”
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claim af1e9e8e1aff55e16d4ff9bfa4c614a53f8a127c384f650656f1a872ae2a855b
control · opt out
We found: not disclosed
“you cannot opt-out of seeing non-personalized ads”
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claim d1de0e6e298b86ad53218790c09366b164b1ecdf5954ed858e6575492c3c5a1c
purpose · research
We found: disclosed
“We use the personal data available to us to research social, economic and workplace trends, such as jobs availability and skills needed for these jobs and policies that help bridge the gap in various industries and geographic areas.”
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claim 83f0d69b45a08f61f707632721eae02512363de32b8e14f16159d76045884fd3
data collected · location
We found: disclosed
“If you use our Services from a mobile device, that device will send us data about your location based on your phone settings”
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claim 2cf3ff1e442e78b54d89b061101405c1ddfcdbd159113394b4dd8a088c28534a
control · deletion
We found: disclosed
“You can ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data”
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claim 184c87df51435b71e22d0d01bc905b182e11fdbcdf50990e9983e5fbcd804f8e
region · US
We found: disclosed
“We process data both inside and outside of the United States and rely on legally-provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders.”
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claim 87d668a90806d3a21a0b090d3d06074eec0c0d07eb2e9c3e5fcaa1b30c1c1cb7
purpose · advertising
We found: disclosed
“ads to Members, Visitors and others both on and off our Services directly or through a variety of partners”
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claim 44f13f7d48696b9865b572d38535cb59d3dc15e185e102d717e624f4c45c8c62
purpose · ai training
We found: disclosed
“We may use your personal data to improve, develop, and provide products and Services, develop and train artificial intelligence (AI) models, develop, provide, and personalize our Services”
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data collected · payment
We found: disclosed
“If you register for a premium Service, you will need to provide payment (e.g., credit card) and billing information”
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