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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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.
We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. We may also share your information with third-party advertising p...
We may also share your personal information with third parties that assist us in providing our services, or where we are under an obligation to report to. But rest assured: we will only ever share your personal information in the limited circumstances described in this Policy.
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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 LinkedIn Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: GDPR Art. 14 requires that where data is not obtained directly from the data subject, controllers must provide notice within a reasonable period (at most one month). Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests must be assessed for third-party sourced data. CCPA §1798.100 and §1798.110 give California residents the right to know the sources from which their data was collected. FTC guidance on data broker practices (2014 FTC Data Broker Report) establishes industry expectations. The FTC and state AGs have enforcement authority.
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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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