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Microsoft Affiliate Data Sharing

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What it is

LinkedIn shares your personal data with Microsoft and its affiliated companies, which can include combining data across different Microsoft products and services.

This analysis describes what LinkedIn's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes the institutional mechanism for intra-corporate data distribution across LinkedIn's affiliated corporate structure. The authorization to combine data across services expands the datasets available for service development and personalization across the LinkedIn service portfolio.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Apr 9, 2026
First Seen
Apr 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1153 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your LinkedIn profile data, activity, and professional history may be shared with and combined across Microsoft's family of companies, creating a significantly broader data profile than LinkedIn alone would suggest.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Export Your Data
    Go to LinkedIn Settings > Data Privacy > Get a copy of your data to request a full export of your personal data and understand what LinkedIn holds and shares.

How other platforms handle this

MetaMask Medium

We may share your personal information with our affiliates, meaning entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with Consensys. We also share information with service providers who assist in operating our services, subject to confidentiality obligations.

Ledger Medium

At Ledger, earning and maintaining our users' trust is a top priority. That's why we are deeply committed not only to protecting your privacy and securing your personal data, but also to being fully transparent about how we handle it.

Target Medium

Loyalty and partner program companies. We share information with our loyalty and partner program companies, like Ulta Beauty and Marriott.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We share your personal data with our affiliates to provide and develop our Services. We may combine information internally across the different Services covered by this Privacy Policy to help our Services be more relevant and useful to you and others. Our affiliates include LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Ireland, LinkedIn Corporation Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), and others.

— Excerpt from LinkedIn's LinkedIn Privacy Policy

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: GDPR Arts. 13/14 require disclosure of all recipients or categories of recipients at time of data collection; sharing with Microsoft affiliates without specific disclosure of each entity and purpose may be insufficient. Art. 46 and Chapter V govern adequacy and transfer mechanisms for data flowing to LinkedIn Corporation (US). CCPA §1798.115 requires disclosure of categories of third parties with whom data is shared. FTC Act Section 5 applies to representations about data sharing that may be misleading.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has jurisdiction over unfair or deceptive data sharing practices involving affiliate data transfers under FTC Act Section 5.
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Applicable regulations

BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
DMA
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
VPPA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
LinkedIn Privacy Policy
Entity
LinkedIn
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 15, 2026
Last verified
April 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002589
Document ID
CA-D-00090
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
a6ed56ddfd95f5dcbd9a71f72d858babb9dc7b2ea953fabaf234034f1872f036
Analysis generated
March 15, 2026 11:50 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: LinkedIn
Document: LinkedIn Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-002589
Captured: 2026-03-15 11:50:43 UTC
SHA-256: a6ed56ddfd95f5dc…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/linkedin/linkedin-privacy-policy/microsoft-affiliate-data-sharing/
Accessed: June 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does LinkedIn's Microsoft Affiliate Data Sharing clause do?

This provision establishes the institutional mechanism for intra-corporate data distribution across LinkedIn's affiliated corporate structure. The authorization to combine data across services expands the datasets available for service development and personalization across the LinkedIn service portfolio.

How does this clause affect you?

Your LinkedIn profile data, activity, and professional history may be shared with and combined across Microsoft's family of companies, creating a significantly broader data profile than LinkedIn alone would suggest.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 1 platforms. See the full comparison.

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