LinkedIn may build a profile of who you are that goes beyond what you explicitly shared, and these inferences can affect the jobs, content, and people shown to you and to others looking at your profile.
LinkedIn collects extensive personal data — including your professional history, activity patterns, device information, and inferred attributes — and uses it for targeted advertising, AI model training, and sharing with recruiters, business partners, and affiliates. Your data may persist in some form even after account deletion, and third parties can contribute data about you to LinkedIn's systems without your direct knowledge. You can manage many privacy preferences by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/privacy to review and adjust your data sharing and ad settings.