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.
LinkedIn can build a detailed profile of you using data you never directly provided to them, sourced from data brokers, advertising networks, and other websites — significantly expanding the scope of data LinkedIn holds about you.
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 will share personal information outside of Google if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to: meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request.
Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom. Where we transfer your data outside the EEA or UK, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commissi...
In some cases, we may also use or share your information to cooperate with law enforcement requests, escalate safety issues to law enforcement, industry partners, or others, or comply with our legal obligations. Check out our Transparency Report to learn more.
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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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Watch LinkedInLinkedIn can build a detailed profile of you using data you never directly provided to them, sourced from data brokers, advertising networks, and other websites — significantly expanding the scope of data LinkedIn holds about you.
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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