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Microsoft Corporate Family Data Sharing

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What it is

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... LinkedIn is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.

Why it matters

Microsoft is one of the world's largest technology companies with hundreds of subsidiaries; sharing your LinkedIn data across this entire corporate family vastly expands who can access your professional identity, contacts, and activity.

Consumer impact

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.

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
    In LinkedIn Settings, go to 'Data Privacy' then 'Get a copy of your data' to download all personal data LinkedIn holds about you, which can help you understand what is shared with affiliates.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    FTC oversees unfair or deceptive practices in affiliate data sharing under FTC Act Section 5 and the FTC's commercial surveillance framework.
    File a complaint →

Provision details

Document information
Document
LinkedIn Privacy Policy
Entity
LinkedIn
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 15, 2026
Last verified
April 4, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002149
Document ID
CA-D-00090
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How to Cite
ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: LinkedIn | Document: LinkedIn Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-002149
Captured: 2026-03-15 11:50:43 UTC | SHA-256: a6ed56ddfd95f5dc…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/linkedin/linkedin-privacy-policy/microsoft-corporate-family-data-sharing/
Accessed: April 6, 2026
Classification
Severity
High
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