Creating an account requires your name, email or mobile number, general location and a password
To create a LinkedIn account you must provide data including your name, your email address and/or mobile number, your general location (for example, a city) and a password. If you sign up for a premium Service, you must also provide payment details (for example, a credit card) and billing information.
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You provide data to create an account with us.
To create an account you need to provide data including your name, email address and/or mobile number, general location (e.g., city), and a password.
If you register for a premium Service, you will need to provide payment (e.g., credit card) and billing information.
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is introduced with "including", so it is not necessarily the complete set of registration data.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
Extra profile details are optional, including whether to add sensitive information and make it public
You choose what goes on your profile beyond what registration requires, such as education, work experience, skills, photo, city or area, endorsements and optional verifications (for example of your identity or workplace). You do not have to add this additional information, although LinkedIn says it helps recruiters and business opportunities find you. Whether to include sensitive information on your profile, and whether to make it public, is your choice. The policy asks you not to add personal data to your profile that you would not want to be publicly available.
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You create your LinkedIn profile (a complete profile helps you get the most from our Services).
about the information on your profile, such as your education, work experience, skills, photo,
You don’t have to provide additional information on your profile; however, profile information helps you to get more from our Services, including helping recruiters and business opportunities find you.
It’s your choice whether to include
on your profile and to make that sensitive information public. Please do not post or add personal data to your profile that you would not want to be publicly available.
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What LinkedIn counts as "sensitive information" is described on a linked Help page that is not supplied.
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LinkedIn collects what you post or upload, such as forms, survey answers, resumes and job applications
LinkedIn collects personal data you provide, post or upload to the Services, for example when you fill out a form (such as with demographic data or salary), answer a survey, submit a resume or fill out a job application. You do not have to post or upload personal data, but not doing so may limit your ability to grow and engage with your network.
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We collect personal data from you when you provide, post or upload it to our Services, such as when you fill out a form, (e.g., with demographic data or salary), respond to a survey, or submit a resume or fill out a job application on our Services.
You don’t have to post or upload personal data; though if you don’t, it may limit your ability to grow and engage with your network over our Services.
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If you sync your calendar, LinkedIn collects meeting details to suggest connections and show event information
Syncing a calendar is optional. If you sync your calendars with LinkedIn, it will collect your calendar meeting information and use it to suggest connections for you and for others, and to provide information about events, such as times, places, attendees and contacts.
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You may give other data to us, such as by syncing your calendar.
If you sync your calendars with our Services, we will collect your calendar meeting information to keep growing your network by suggesting connections for you and others, and by providing information about events, e.g. times, places, attendees and contacts.
Qualifications & exceptions
Suggestions based on your calendar can be made to other people as well as to you.
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Others' posts and public news about you can become part of LinkedIn
You and other people may post content that includes information about you, in articles, posts, comments or videos. LinkedIn may also collect public information about you, such as professional news and accomplishments, and make it available on the Services, including, as your settings permit, in notifications to others that you were mentioned in the news.
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Others may post or write about you.
You and others may post content that includes information about you (as part of articles, posts, comments, videos) on our Services.
We also may collect public information about you, such as professional-related news and accomplishments, and make it available as part of our Services, including, as permitted by your settings, in notifications to others of
Qualifications & exceptions
Notifications to others about news mentions are subject to your settings.
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Other users' contact imports, calendar syncs, business card scans and messages give LinkedIn data about you
LinkedIn receives personal data about you, including contact information, when other people import or sync their calendars, associate their contacts with Member profiles, scan and upload business cards, or send messages through LinkedIn (including invites and connection requests). If you or others opt in to sync email accounts, LinkedIn also collects "email header" information that it can associate with Member profiles.
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Others may sync their calendar with our Services
We receive personal data (including contact information) about you when others import or sync their calendar with our Services, associate their contacts with Member profiles, scan and upload business cards, or send messages using our Services (including invites or connection requests).
If you or others opt-in to sync email accounts with our Services, we will also collect “email header” information that we can associate with Member profiles.
Qualifications & exceptions
Email header collection depends on an opt-in by you or by another person, so it can happen through someone else's choice.
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The policy does not define which fields "email header" information includes.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Employers, prospective employers and applicant tracking systems send LinkedIn data about you
LinkedIn receives personal data about you (for example, your job title and work email address) when you use services of LinkedIn's customers and partners, such as employers or prospective employers and applicant tracking systems that provide job application data.
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Customers and partners may provide data to us.
We receive personal data (e.g., your job title and work email address) about you when you use the services of our customers and partners, such as employers or prospective employers and applicant tracking systems providing us job application data.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
LinkedIn logs your visits, clicks, searches and app activity and identifies you by log-ins, cookies, device data and IP
LinkedIn logs usage data when you visit or use its sites, apps and platform technology, such as when you view or click content or ads (on or off LinkedIn's sites and apps), search, install or update a mobile app, share articles or apply for jobs. It uses log-ins, cookies, device information and IP addresses to identify you and log your use.
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We log your visits and use of our Services, including mobile apps.
We log usage data when you visit or otherwise use our Services, including our sites, app and platform technology, such as when you view or click on content (e.g., learning video) or ads (on or off our sites and apps), perform a search, install or update one of our mobile apps, share articles or apply for jobs.
We use log-ins, cookies, device information and internet protocol (“IP”) addresses to identify you and log your use.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
You don't have to answer polls or surveys and can opt out of survey invitations
LinkedIn and others run polls and surveys through the Services. You are not obligated to respond, you have choices about what information you provide, and you may opt out of survey invitations.
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Polls and surveys are conducted by us and others through our Services. You are not obligated to respond to polls or surveys, and you have choices about the information you provide. You may
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Cookies, pixels and ad tags recognize you and your devices on, off and across services where you used LinkedIn
LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies, such as pixels and ad tags, to collect data (for example, device IDs) that recognizes you and your devices on, off and across different services and devices where you have engaged with LinkedIn's Services. LinkedIn also allows some other parties to use cookies, as described in its Cookie Policy.
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We collect data through cookies and similar technologies.
we use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels and ad tags) to collect data (e.g., device IDs) to recognize you and your device(s) on, off and across different services and devices where you have engaged with our Services.
We also allow some others to use cookies as described in our Cookie Policy.
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The Cookie Policy, which describes these technologies and the other parties allowed to use cookies, is linked but not supplied.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, LinkedIn collects device data even where you have not used LinkedIn, for ads
If you are outside the Designated Countries (the EU, EEA and Switzerland), LinkedIn also collects, or relies on others including Microsoft to collect, information about your device where you have not engaged with LinkedIn's Services, such as ad ID, IP address, operating system and browser information. The stated purpose is to show LinkedIn Members relevant ads and better understand the ads' effectiveness.
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If you are outside the Designated Countries, we also collect (or rely on others, including Microsoft, who collect) information about your device where you have not engaged with our Services (e.g., ad ID, IP address, operating system and browser information) so we can provide our Members with relevant ads and better understand their effectiveness.
Qualifications & exceptions
This practice is stated only for people outside the Designated Countries; the UK is not in that definition.
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The linked "Learn more" page is not supplied.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
You can opt out of LinkedIn using cookie data from other sites for ad targeting
You can opt out of LinkedIn's use of data from cookies and similar technologies that track your behavior on other sites for ad targeting and other ad-related purposes. Visitors without an account have a separate set of controls.
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from our use of data from cookies and similar technologies that track your behavior on the sites of others for ad targeting and other ad-related purposes.
For Visitors,
Qualifications & exceptions
The opt-out is described as covering LinkedIn's use of that data for ad targeting and ad-related purposes; the policy does not say it stops the cookies from collecting data.
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The opt-out and Visitor control pages are linked, not supplied.
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LinkedIn records the site you came from and go to, plus your network and device details
When you visit or leave LinkedIn's Services, including through some plugins and LinkedIn cookies on other sites, LinkedIn receives the URL of the site you came from and the one you go to, and the time of your visit. It also gets information about your network and device, such as IP address, proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, cookie IDs and/or ISP, or your mobile carrier.
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We receive data through cookies and similar technologies
When you visit or leave our Services (including some plugins and our cookies or similar technology on the sites of others), we receive the URL of both the site you came from and the one you go to and the time of your visit.
We also get information about your network and device (e.g., IP address, proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, cookie IDs and/or ISP, or your mobile carrier).
Data Access & Collection · Company commitment
Your phone sends location based on its settings; precise GPS location needs your opt-in
If you use LinkedIn from a mobile device, the device will send LinkedIn location data based on your phone settings. LinkedIn says it will ask you to opt in before it uses GPS or other tools to identify your precise location.
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If you use our Services from a mobile device, that device will send us data about your location based on your phone settings.
We will ask you to opt-in before we use GPS or other tools to identify your precise location.
Qualifications & exceptions
The opt-in commitment covers identifying precise location with GPS or other tools; location data sent according to your phone settings is not described as needing a separate opt-in.
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LinkedIn collects information about your messages, events and connection requests, including who and when
LinkedIn collects information about you when you communicate through its Services, for example when you send, receive or engage with messages, events or connection requests, including LinkedIn's marketing communications. This may include information showing who you are communicating with and when.
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If you communicate through our Services, we learn about that.
We collect information about you when you communicate with others through our Services (e.g., when you send, receive, or engage with messages, events, or connection requests, including our marketing communications). This may include information that indicates who you are communicating with and when.
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This passage does not say whether message content itself is collected beyond the examples; it says information is collected when you communicate and may include who and when.
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Employers or schools that buy LinkedIn services for you provide data about you and your eligibility
When an organization such as your employer or school buys a premium Service for you to use, it gives LinkedIn personal data about you and your eligibility to use the Services it purchased for its workers, students or alumni. For example, LinkedIn gets contact information for LinkedIn Page administrators and for authorizing users of premium Services such as recruiting, sales or learning products.
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When your organization (e.g., employer or school) buys a premium Service for you to use, they give us data about you.
Others buying our Services for your use, such as your employer or your school, provide us with personal data about you and your eligibility to use the Services that they purchase for use by their workers, students or alumni.
administrators and for authorizing users of our premium Services, such as our recruiting, sales or learning products.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Signing in with LinkedIn elsewhere, or visiting sites with LinkedIn plugins, ads or cookies, sends LinkedIn data
LinkedIn receives information about your visits to and interactions with other companies' services when you log in to them with LinkedIn, or when you visit services that include some LinkedIn plugins (such as "Apply with LinkedIn"), LinkedIn ads, cookies or similar technologies.
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We get data when you visit sites that include our ads, cookies or plugins or when you log-in to others’ services with your LinkedIn account.
We receive information about your visits and interaction with services provided by others when you log-in with LinkedIn or visit others’ services that include some of our plugins (such as “Apply with LinkedIn”) or our ads, cookies or similar technologies.