LinkedIn uses your posts, profile, and activity to train its artificial intelligence systems by default — you have to actively go into settings to stop this.
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The clause establishes a data use practice for model development and establishes an opt-out mechanism through user-controlled settings rather than requiring affirmative consent prior to training use.
Your LinkedIn content and activity data is used to train AI systems by default, meaning your personal professional data may shape AI outputs without your explicit opt-in consent; you must proactively disable this in settings to prevent it.
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"We use your personal data, including your posts and activity, to train AI and generative AI models. You can opt-out of your personal data being used to train generative AI models in your Settings.— Excerpt from LinkedIn's LinkedIn Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) (legitimate interests as legal basis for AI training), Art. 9 (where special category data is included in training sets), and Art. 22 (automated decision-making). The EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) imposes transparency and data governance obligations on providers of general-purpose AI models trained on member data. CCPA/CPRA §1798.120 and §1798.135 require opt-out mechanisms for sharing personal information for cross-context behavioral purposes, which AI training may constitute. FTC Act Section 5 applies to representations about data use that may be deceptive. The Irish DPC is the lead EU supervisory authority; the FTC and CPPA have US jurisdiction.
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The clause establishes a data use practice for model development and establishes an opt-out mechanism through user-controlled settings rather than requiring affirmative consent prior to training use.
Your LinkedIn content and activity data is used to train AI systems by default, meaning your personal professional data may shape AI outputs without your explicit opt-in consent; you must proactively disable this in settings to prevent it.
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