LinkedIn shares your personal data with Microsoft and all other companies under Microsoft's corporate umbrella, bound by the same policy, for the purpose of improving LinkedIn and Microsoft services.
Your LinkedIn professional data, activity, and communications metadata are shared with Microsoft Corporation and its subsidiaries, which means your data may inform Microsoft's enterprise products and AI services beyond what you would expect from a standalone professional networking platform.
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Compare across platforms →Your LinkedIn data — including professional history, messages, and behavioral data — flows to Microsoft Corporation and its subsidiaries, meaning it can inform Microsoft's broader product and AI ecosystem including Azure, Office 365, and Bing.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Cross-entity data sharing within a corporate group requires lawful basis under GDPR Art. 6 and must be disclosed transparently per Art. 13/14. GDPR Art. 46 and 47 (Binding Corporate Rules) govern intra-group international transfers. The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) may apply to LinkedIn Ireland to Microsoft U.S. transfers. CCPA/CPRA §1798.140 definitions of 'sharing' and 'sale' apply to affiliate data transfers that may constitute commercial sharing.
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