Tagged in “Data and Privacy”

If you are accessing LinkedIn from any one of the Designated Countries or another region where we display cookie banners, you can control the cookies that we use for purposes such as advertising, analytics and research, and to improve some of our…

What this transparency report covers LinkedIn was founded with a clear vision to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. By leveraging the power of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), we help our members connect…

At LinkedIn, we know that authenticity is key to creating meaningful interactions.You can create a LinkedIn Page for free, helping you represent and build your organization’s brand on LinkedIn. Pages help members learn more about your business or…

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a type of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) that requires a person to use more than one form of authentication to access an account, usually by "knowing something" such as a password and by "having something" such…

As described in section 2.4 of our Privacy Policy (Advertising), we target ads to members on and off our services. We want our members to have control over how we use their data for ads, and so we offer our members a robust set of ad settings. Some…

We want to make it easy for you to understand your choices, as well as the control you have over your data and content, on LinkedIn. You have various options about how your data is collected, used, and shared. We offer you the ability to control…

LinkedIn is committed to maintaining a safe, trusted, and professional environment for our members. Sending a message that violates the LinkedIn User Agreement or Professional Community Policies, including, but not limited to harassment, money fraud…

Once you have indicated that you’re open to job opportunities, users of LinkedIn's Recruiter product will be able to find you based on your shared career interests when they're searching for profiles. Only recruiters who use LinkedIn's Recruiter…

Generally, your profile is fully visible to all LinkedIn members who've signed in to LinkedIn.com or our apps. You can control what appears on your profile, notifications to your network, and your profile privacy preferences under the Profile…

In this article, we walk you through some common steps of an advertiser’s ad campaign on LinkedIn and how personal data may be used. We take you through the steps of an advertiser deciding to advertise on LinkedIn, to LinkedIn showing and measuring…

LinkedIn’s advertising policies clearly state that we do “...not allow ads that advocate, promote or contain discriminatory hiring practices or denial of education, housing or economic opportunity based on age, gender, religion, ethnicity, race or…

LinkedIn is a real-identity online service for professionals to connect and interact with other professionals, learn, hire, and find jobs. LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Its mission is…

“LinkedIn Insight Tag” refers to a small piece of code (JavaScript) that LinkedIn makes available to its advertisers to add to their sites. This allows advertisers to track conversions (such as sales, subscriptions, sign-ups) from ads served by…

Ad Partner Data for serving ads Off LinkedIn If a member's ad settings allow us to serve them ads off LinkedIn, that will require we collect personal data from others in order to “find” the member on third-party sites and apps and serve them a…

When you see ads delivered by LinkedIn, we hope that you find them useful. LinkedIn serves ads that allow organizations to connect with business professionals through a variety of ad products that we offer our advertising customers (advertisers)…

Advertisers define their potential audiences using member attributes such as general location, job title, or skills listed on their profile and more. Advertisers may also create a target audience using their own data that they share with LinkedIn…

If you choose to add two-factor authentication as an additional layer of security, you'll be asked to select an option for the second type of authentication method you prefer. There are two options for you to choose from: Authenticator App: This…

If you come across a job on LinkedIn that you find to be inappropriate, broken, or incorrect, you can flag the job to be removed with your feedback. Check out more information below on how to report a job.Your reports help protect the entire…

Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce, and we are working hard to ensure that all members have equal access to these opportunities. One way to make sure people have equal access is to understand the…

Ads are important to enabling LinkedIn to provide many of our services to members without a fee. Advertising customers pay LinkedIn to surface ads to our members. Once LinkedIn members engage with an ad (view or click on the ad), LinkedIn logs this…

Outside EU/EEA/Switzerland and the UK, LinkedIn shares your information with our affiliate, Microsoft, for advertising purposes and with select partners for purposes of marketing LinkedIn’s products and services. With respect to advertising…

LinkedIn is committed to account safety and security, and provides features to help ensure your account is always secure. One such feature is two-factor authentication. Enabling two-factor authentication can greatly reduce unauthorized access to…

The easiest and fastest way to obtain a copy of your LinkedIn data is to initiate a data download from your Settings & Privacy page: You can select specific categories of data or a larger download. If you select a specific type of data, we’ll…

LinkedIn enables members to find their contacts and discover new people to connect with in many different ways. Your profile may appear in LinkedIn search results and on search tools or other services off LinkedIn. Note: Changing the Profile…

Your public profile is a simplified version of your LinkedIn profile. Not all sections of your profile can be displayed publicly. On the Public profile settings page, you'll be able to see and adjust the sections of your profile that are eligible to…

LinkedIn aims to help members get discovered for professional opportunities both on and off the platform. For example, public profiles may appear in search tool results. Additionally, users of certain email or other communication or networking…

You can set limits on which sections of your LinkedIn profile may be displayed to LinkedIn members and people who aren’t signed in to LinkedIn by editing your public profile settings. Keep in mind that in some contexts, we may show a more limited…

With your consent, work emails are collected and used for autofill when using forms on LinkedIn. Enabling autofill allows you to interact with forms on LinkedIn faster. For example, we’ll automate providing your email address when you’re filling out…

Manage how data is collected and used for advertising with your Ads and Cookie settings. You can also control the cookies that LinkedIn and others use to collect and use data related to you, using the cookie settings. The Cookie Settings control the…

It’s valuable to our advertisers to be able to reach LinkedIn members on and off of LinkedIn and then measure the effectiveness of their ads.  If your ad settings allow, LinkedIn tries to serve you ads off LinkedIn and then provide our…

At LinkedIn, our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. To do this, we want everything you see on LinkedIn to be useful and relevant. Including ads. Ads help us keep most of our services free for our…

If you're a member based in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, because of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), you will have an option to choose whether to connect your core LinkedIn professional networking experience with our Jobs, Marketing…

When you see ads on LinkedIn, we hope that you find them useful. LinkedIn serves ads that allow organizations and businesses of all sizes to connect with business professionals through a variety of ad products that we offer our advertising customers…

Our Professional Community Policies apply to all members. Members posting jobs must also follow our Jobs Policies and members posting ads must also follow our Ads Policies. Depending on the severity of violation, we may limit the visibility of…

Under Article 18 of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company must offer media service providers (MSPs), as defined in the EMFA, a means to declare that they meet certain criteria.To be eligible for treatment on…

In December 2023, Coimisiún na Meán designated LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (LinkedIn Ireland) as a video-sharing platform service. Consequently, LinkedIn Ireland is required to comply with the Online Safety Code (the Code). In accordance with…

As noted in Section 2.5 of the LinkedIn Privacy Policy, LinkedIn markets its own products and services on and off the LinkedIn platform. These promotions may be personalized based on your activity on the LinkedIn platform and the profile data you…

Violating our User Agreement and our Professional Community Policies can result in action against your account, or content, or access to certain features. Depending on the severity of the violation, we may limit the visibility of certain content…

If you’re concerned about inappropriate or unsafe content on LinkedIn, you can report the content directly on the site. Please only report items that are inappropriate as defined in our Community Guidelines and User Agreement. A difference of…

At LinkedIn, we don't tolerate inappropriate activities or behavior such as spam, harassment, scams, and misinformation. Our Professional Community Policies outline acceptable and unacceptable activities and provide you guidance for reporting spam…