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Users may not assign or transfer their LinkedIn account or contractual rights without LinkedIn's consent, while LinkedIn retains the right to assign the contract to its affiliates or to an acquiring party without requiring user consent.
This analysis describes what LinkedIn's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This provision establishes an asymmetric assignment right: LinkedIn may transfer its contractual obligations and rights to a third-party acquirer or affiliate without user consent, which means the terms governing user accounts could be assumed by a different corporate entity following a business acquisition.
Under this clause, if LinkedIn is acquired or transfers its business to another entity, that entity may assume LinkedIn's contractual relationship with users without requiring user consent or providing an opt-out. Users, by contrast, cannot transfer their account or contractual rights without LinkedIn's consent.
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"You may not assign or transfer this Contract (or your membership or use of Services) to anyone without our consent. However, you agree that LinkedIn may assign this Contract to its affiliates or a party that buys it without your consent.Excerpt from LinkedIn's User Agreement
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Unilateral assignment rights in consumer contracts may engage consumer protection frameworks in jurisdictions that require disclosure or consent for material changes to consumer contracts, including EU consumer contract directives. GDPR requires that data subjects be informed of changes to the identity of the data controller, which would be implicated by a corporate acquisition that results in assignment of this contract to a new entity. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low to Medium. This is a standard provision in technology platform agreements, but the GDPR interaction in the event of a corporate transaction requires that LinkedIn Ireland's obligations as data controller be properly transferred and that data subjects be notified of any change in controller identity. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU, EEA, and Swiss users are contracting with LinkedIn Ireland, and any assignment of that contract to a new entity following an acquisition would engage GDPR data controller transfer notification requirements. UK users are contracting under the terms applicable to non-Designated-Countries users, as the agreement defines Designated Countries as EU, EEA, and Switzerland only. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers with LinkedIn data processing agreements should assess whether those agreements include provisions addressing controller changes and data subject notification obligations in the event of a corporate transaction. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams advising organizations with significant LinkedIn data processing dependencies should monitor LinkedIn's corporate ownership structure, given that a change in acquiring entity could result in a new data controller relationship requiring GDPR notification and data processing agreement updates.
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This provision establishes an asymmetric assignment right: LinkedIn may transfer its contractual obligations and rights to a third-party acquirer or affiliate without user consent, which means the terms governing user accounts could be assumed by a different corporate entity following a business acquisition.
Under this clause, if LinkedIn is acquired or transfers its business to another entity, that entity may assume LinkedIn's contractual relationship with users without requiring user consent or providing an opt-out. Users, by contrast, cannot transfer their account or contractual rights without LinkedIn's consent.
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