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Affiliate Data Sharing Including Microsoft

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The explicit inclusion of Microsoft Corporation and its subsidiaries in the affiliate definition means your LinkedIn professional data and content could be shared with a very large set of companies, including GitHub, Azure, and other Microsoft products, for purposes permitted under the agreement.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The agreement grants LinkedIn a royalty-free, worldwide, sublicensable license to use content members post, including for AI and machine learning model training, and authorizes data sharing with Microsoft Corporation and its subsidiaries. US-based members are subject to a mandatory individual arbitration clause and class action waiver, which requires disputes to be resolved outside of court proceedings. You can review and adjust your AI data-use settings through LinkedIn's Privacy Settings page, and EU/EEA/Swiss residents may have additional rights to object to certain data processing under GDPR.

How other platforms handle this

Mercury Medium

We may share your personal information with third parties, including our affiliates, service providers, financial institution partners, and business partners. We may share information with third parties for their own marketing purposes or to provide you with offers and promotions that may be of inte...

OpenAI Medium

We may share your Personal Data with third parties in the following circumstances: Vendors and Service Providers: We share your Personal Data with vendors and service providers who perform services for us, such as hosting, infrastructure, analytics, payment processing, and customer support. Affiliat...

Robinhood Medium

We may share your personal information among Robinhood Markets, Inc. and its affiliated entities, including Robinhood Financial LLC, Robinhood Crypto LLC, and Robinhood Money LLC, for operational purposes and to offer you products and services across our platform.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Affiliates are companies controlling, controlled by or under common control with us, including, for example, LinkedIn Ireland, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Singapore and Microsoft Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (e.g., Github, Inc.).

— Excerpt from LinkedIn's LinkedIn User Agreement

Applicable regulations

BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
DMA
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
VPPA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
LinkedIn User Agreement
Entity
LinkedIn
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 27, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-009838
Document ID
CA-D-00091
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
8fedc76c971865f58632d86176d9b66cfaadd9654c71628b1c0aed5045145f82
Analysis generated
April 27, 2026 12:11 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: LinkedIn
Document: LinkedIn User Agreement
Record ID: CA-P-009838
Captured: 2026-04-27 12:11:16 UTC
SHA-256: 8fedc76c971865f5…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/linkedin/linkedin-user-agreement/affiliate-data-sharing-including-microsoft/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does LinkedIn's Affiliate Data Sharing Including Microsoft clause do?

The explicit inclusion of Microsoft Corporation and its subsidiaries in the affiliate definition means your LinkedIn professional data and content could be shared with a very large set of companies, including GitHub, Azure, and other Microsoft products, for purposes permitted under the agreement.

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