LinkedIn User Agreement

This is LinkedIn's main legal agreement that controls everything you do on the platform — from creating your profile to posting content, sending messages, and using LinkedIn's AI features. The most important thing to know is that when you post anything on LinkedIn, you give LinkedIn a broad, royalty-free license to use, copy, modify, and distribute that content across LinkedIn's services and its affiliates, including Microsoft. If you disagree with changes LinkedIn makes to these terms, your only real option is to close your account — continued use means you've accepted the new terms.

This document is LinkedIn's User Agreement (effective November 3, 2025), a legally binding contract governing use of LinkedIn.com, LinkedIn-branded apps, and related services, with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company serving as the contracting entity and data controller for EU/EEA/Switzerland residents, and LinkedIn Corporation for all others. The Agreement imposes significant obligations on users including restrictions to real-name single accounts, age minimums of 16 years, content licensing grants to LinkedIn, and compliance with LinkedIn's Professional Community Policies and Dos and Don'ts. Notable provisions include a broad intellectual property license allowing LinkedIn to sublicense, modify, and distribute user-generated content without compensation, unilateral amendment rights with limited prior notice obligations, and account termination rights exercisable at LinkedIn's sole discretion. The Agreement engages GDPR (Articles 6, 13, and 17) for Designated Countries users, CCPA/CPRA for California residents, COPPA implications for the 16-year minimum age threshold, and FTC Act Section 5 consumer protection standards; material compliance considerations include LinkedIn's use of member data for AI training, cross-border data transfers between LinkedIn Ireland and LinkedIn Corporation, and the Microsoft corporate affiliate data-sharing relationship.