LinkedIn buys or receives data about you from third-party data brokers and other external sources, even if you never gave those companies your information for use on LinkedIn.
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This provision establishes LinkedIn's operational practice of supplementing first-party user data with information from external data sources and partners. This sourcing mechanism enables the Service to maintain broader user profiles and interaction records beyond direct user-LinkedIn interactions.
Data about your off-LinkedIn identity, interests, and behaviors — sourced from data brokers and third parties — is combined with your LinkedIn profile data to build a more comprehensive profile used for advertising and other purposes.
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"We receive data about you when you or others use our Services. For example, we receive data about your visits and interactions with services provided by our affiliates and others on the internet, including receiving information from third parties about you for use in our Services.Excerpt from LinkedIn's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes LinkedIn's operational practice of supplementing first-party user data with information from external data sources and partners. This sourcing mechanism enables the Service to maintain broader user profiles and interaction records beyond direct user-LinkedIn interactions.
Data about your off-LinkedIn identity, interests, and behaviors — sourced from data brokers and third parties — is combined with your LinkedIn profile data to build a more comprehensive profile used for advertising and other purposes.
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