We infer your likely political views from data you provide and your activity on our Services, such as content you engage with or create... We collect data about you when you provide, post or upload it to our Services, such as when you fill out a form, respond to a survey, or submit a resume... This includes information you provide to us about others (such as their email address when you share content or their information when you import your address book).
Inferred sensitive attributes like political views are treated as special category data under GDPR and carry heightened legal protections, yet LinkedIn derives and stores these without requiring explicit consent for this specific purpose.
LinkedIn collects an extensive range of personal data including professional history, inferred attributes, device signals, precise location, and communications metadata, and uses this data for targeted advertising, AI model training, and sharing across the Microsoft corporate family. Users' profile content and activity data may be used to train LinkedIn's generative AI features without affirmative opt-in consent, representing a significant expansion of data use beyond what many users would reasonably expect from a professional networking platform. You can limit this by visiting linkedin.com/psettings/privacy to opt out of AI training data use and adjust advertising and data sharing preferences.