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The definition of affiliates determines which entities are authorized to access user data under LinkedIn's data sharing policies. Including Microsoft and its subsidiaries as affiliates expands the corporate group to which user information may be disclosed under the terms.
Users' data may be accessed and used by Microsoft Corporation, GitHub Inc., and other Microsoft subsidiaries as affiliated companies of LinkedIn. This provision establishes the scope of internal corporate data access across the LinkedIn-Microsoft corporate group.
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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
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The definition of affiliates determines which entities are authorized to access user data under LinkedIn's data sharing policies. Including Microsoft and its subsidiaries as affiliates expands the corporate group to which user information may be disclosed under the terms.
Users' data may be accessed and used by Microsoft Corporation, GitHub Inc., and other Microsoft subsidiaries as affiliated companies of LinkedIn. This provision establishes the scope of internal corporate data access across the LinkedIn-Microsoft corporate group.
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