“Your employer can see how you use Services they provided for your work (e.g. as a recruiter or sales agent) and related information. We will not show them your job searches or personal messages.”
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Employer visibility into LinkedIn usage is explicitly authorized, but two specific categories—job searches and personal messages—are carved out from that visibility.
Interpretive note: The clause contains two closely linked but legally independent propositions—employer access and the two carve-outs. The carve-outs are recorded in omitted_material but also reflected in the canonical claim as they are integral to the primary proposition about employer visibility scope.
If your employer provides you with LinkedIn Services for work, they can see your usage of those Services and related information, but LinkedIn will not disclose your job searches or personal messages to them.
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Employer visibility into LinkedIn usage is explicitly authorized, but two specific categories—job searches and personal messages—are carved out from that visibility.
If your employer provides you with LinkedIn Services for work, they can see your usage of those Services and related information, but LinkedIn will not disclose your job searches or personal messages to them.
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