LinkedIn makes inferences about you, which it says can include your age and gender
LinkedIn draws inferences from the data it has about you and uses them, along with AI and automated systems, to make its Services more relevant. The policy says the inferences it may make include ones about your age and gender, with more detail on a linked Help page.
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about the inferences we may make, including as to [your age and gender](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a517610/) and how we use them.
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The linked page explaining which inferences are made and how they are used is not supplied.
Inference & Profiling · Company practice
Your data and inferences about you are used to rank your feed, suggest skills and recommend learning
LinkedIn uses the data it has about you, including data you provide, data from your engagement and inferences it makes, to personalize the Services, such as by recommending or ranking content and conversations. It also suggests skills to add to your profile and skills for your next opportunity. For example, if you show interest in a new skill (such as by watching a learning video), LinkedIn will use that to personalize your feed, suggest Members to follow and recommend related learning content.
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We use the data we have about you (e.g., data you provide, data we collect from your engagement with our Services and inferences we make from the data we have about you), to personalize our Services for you, such as by recommending or ranking relevant content and conversations on our Services.
We also use the data we have about you to suggest skills you could add to your profile and skills that you might need to pursue your next opportunity.
So, if you let us know that you are interested in a new skill (e.g., by watching a learning video), we will use this information to personalize content in your feed, suggest that you follow certain Members on our site, or suggest related learning content to help you towards that new skill.
Inference & Profiling · Company practice
For ads, LinkedIn infers your industry, seniority, pay bracket, age, gender and interests
Ad targeting also uses information LinkedIn infers from the data above. The policy's examples: using job titles on your profile to infer industry, seniority and compensation bracket; using graduation dates to infer age; using first names or pronoun usage to infer gender; using feed activity to infer your interests; and using device data to recognize you as a Member.
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Information inferred from data described above (e.g., using job titles from a profile to infer industry, seniority, and compensation bracket; using graduation dates to infer age or using first names or pronoun usage to infer gender; using your feed activity to infer your interests; or using device data to recognize you as a Member).
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These are listed as examples, so other inferences may also be used for advertising.
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The linked page about inferences used for advertising is not supplied.