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Your password is sensitive information and you must keep it confidential and secret.
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
"protect against wrongful access to your account (e.g., use a strong password and keep it confidential)Excerpt from LinkedIn's User Agreement
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The clause states: “protect against wrongful access to your account (e.g., use a strong password and keep it confidential)”
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