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LinkedIn collects data about you—including from your devices, calendar, and messages—and uses it to target ads on and off LinkedIn, to build AI models, and to share with partners and affiliates like Microsoft. By default, paying LinkedIn customers can export your basic profile information for sales or recruiting purposes, though you can opt out. If you keep using LinkedIn after the Privacy Policy changes, your data is governed by the new policy from that point forward.
LinkedIn's Privacy Policy establishes the data collection, usage, sharing, and retention practices governing personal data processed through its Services. LinkedIn collects device-level data including ad IDs, IP addresses, and browser information from non-Designated Countries individuals who have not interacted with its Services, and uses cookies and similar technologies for cross-device, cross-platform tracking. Collected and inferred data—including demographic inferences such as industry, seniority, compensation bracket, age, and gender—is used for ad targeting on and off the platform, and may be used to develop and train AI models. LinkedIn shares user data with affiliates including Microsoft, permits paying customers to export member profile information by default (subject to opt-out), and authorizes employer visibility into employee usage of employer-provided Services, with explicit carve-outs for job searches and personal messages. Account closure triggers a general 30-day deletion window, subject to stated exceptions, and continued use of the Services following policy changes constitutes acceptance of updated data practices as of the effective date.
LinkedIn collects device data even if you have never signed up or engaged with LinkedIn, tracks you across devices and third-party sites using cookies and similar technologies, infers sensitive characteristics like age, gender, and compensation bracket from your profile for ad targeting, and may use your personal data to train AI models. Your employer can see how you use employer-provided LinkedIn Services, but LinkedIn will not show them your job searches or personal messages. Paying LinkedIn customers can export your name, headline, current company, title, and general location for sales or talent purposes by default—you can opt out of this export through LinkedIn's settings.
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