The policy covers LinkedIn-branded sites, apps and off-site services unless a service names a different policy
This Privacy Policy, effective November 3, 2025, applies to any Member or Visitor using LinkedIn.com, LinkedIn-branded apps, sites, communications and services, including off-site services such as LinkedIn's ad services and the "Apply with LinkedIn" and "Share with LinkedIn" plugins. It does not apply to a service that states it is offered under a different privacy policy. The policy says it includes the Cookie Policy, and that the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is also subject to other documents it references and to updates.
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Effective November 3, 2025
Our Privacy Policy applies to any Member or Visitor to our Services.
This Privacy Policy, including our Cookie Policy applies to your use of our Services.
This Privacy Policy applies to LinkedIn.com, LinkedIn-branded apps, and other LinkedIn-branded sites, apps, communications and services offered by LinkedIn (“Services”), including off-site Services, such as our ad services and the “Apply with LinkedIn” and “Share with LinkedIn” plugins, but excluding services that state that they are offered under a different privacy policy.
For California residents, additional disclosures required by California law may be found in our
As a Visitor or Member of our Services, the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to this Privacy Policy and other documents referenced in this Privacy Policy, as well as updates.
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California residents are pointed to a separate California Privacy Disclosure for additional disclosures required by California law.
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The Cookie Policy, California Privacy Disclosure and other referenced documents are linked but not supplied here, so their terms are not analyzed.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
LinkedIn Ireland controls data of people in the EU, EEA and Switzerland; LinkedIn Corporation everywhere else
"Designated Countries" means the EU, EEA and Switzerland. If you are in a Designated Country, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company is the controller of your personal data connected with the Services. If you are outside the Designated Countries, LinkedIn Corporation is the controller (or business responsible). The UK is not in the Designated Countries definition, but UK Members and Visitors, like those in Designated Countries, are pointed to a separate European Regional Privacy Notice for additional information.
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We use the term “Designated Countries” to refer to countries in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland.
Members and Visitors located in the Designated Countries or the UK can review additional information in our
If you are in the “Designated Countries”, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (“LinkedIn Ireland”) will be the controller of your personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services.
If you are outside of the Designated Countries, LinkedIn Corporation will be the controller of (or business responsible for) your personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Under the literal definitions here, a UK user falls in the "outside of the Designated Countries" sentence, which names LinkedIn Corporation.
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The European Regional Privacy Notice is not supplied; it may add or change details for UK and Designated Country users, including which entity is responsible for UK users.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
LinkedIn can change the policy and gives notice of material changes before they take effect
LinkedIn can modify this Privacy Policy. For material changes, it will give notice through the Services or by other means so you can review the changes before they become effective. Changes apply to your use of the Services after the effective date. If you object to a change, the remedy the policy names is closing your account.
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LinkedIn (“we” or “us”) can modify this Privacy Policy, and if we make material changes to it, we will provide notice through our Services, or by other means, to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective.
If you object to any changes, you may
Changes to the Privacy Policy apply to your use of our Services after the “effective date.”
Qualifications & exceptions
The notice commitment is stated for material changes; the policy does not say non-material changes will be announced.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Continuing to use LinkedIn after a change notice puts your data under the updated policy
If you keep using the Services after LinkedIn publishes or sends a notice about changes to this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to the updated policy from its effective date.
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You acknowledge that your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to this Privacy Policy means that the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to the updated Privacy Policy, as of its effective date.
Qualifications & exceptions
The alternative the policy names for someone who objects is closing the account.
"Social action" means likes, comments, follows and shares; "partners" include ad networks and exchanges
The policy's glossary notes say a social action is, for example, a like, comment, follow or share, and that partners include ad networks, exchanges and others. These terms are used in the advertising and sharing sections.
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E.g. like, comment, follow, share
Partners include ad networks, exchanges and others
Qualifications & exceptions
Both lists are open-ended ("E.g." and "and others").
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
LinkedIn may disclose your information for legal process or when it believes in good faith disclosure is needed
LinkedIn may disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena or other legal process, or when it has a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (1) investigate, prevent or act on suspected or actual illegal activity or assist government enforcement agencies; (2) enforce its agreements with you; (3) investigate and defend against third-party claims; (4) protect the security or integrity of its Services or its Affiliates' products, including by sharing with companies facing similar threats; or (5) protect the rights and safety of LinkedIn, its Members, personnel or others.
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We may need to share your data when we believe it’s required by law or to help protect the rights and safety of you, us or others.
It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (2) enforce our agreements with you; (3) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; (4) protect the security or integrity of our Services or the products or services of our Affiliates (such as by sharing with companies facing similar threats); or (5) exercise or protect the rights and safety of LinkedIn, our Members, personnel or others.
Qualifications & exceptions
Beyond legal compulsion, disclosure rests on LinkedIn's own good-faith belief that it is reasonably necessary for one of the five listed purposes.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
LinkedIn tries to tell Members about legal demands for their data, but does not promise to notify or challenge
LinkedIn attempts to notify Members about legal demands for their personal data when it judges this appropriate, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. It may dispute demands it considers overbroad, vague or lacking proper authority, at its discretion, but it does not promise to challenge every demand.
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We attempt to notify Members about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. We may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand.
Qualifications & exceptions
Notice depends on LinkedIn's judgment and is excluded where prohibited or in emergencies; challenging demands is discretionary.
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The Data Request Guidelines and Transparency Report are linked, not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
People in the EU, EEA, Switzerland, UK and other regions may have additional privacy rights
Residents of the Designated Countries (EU, EEA and Switzerland) and the UK, and of other regions, may have additional rights under their laws. These are described on linked regional pages rather than in this policy.
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may have additional rights under their laws.
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The regional pages describing these additional rights are not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
LinkedIn says it processes your data only on a lawful basis: consent, contract or legitimate interests
LinkedIn says it will only collect and process your personal data where it has lawful bases, which include consent (where you have given it), contract (where processing is necessary to perform a contract with you, such as delivering Services you requested) and legitimate interests. Where it relies on consent, it will ask for your explicit consent. Where it relies on contract, it will ask you to agree to processing necessary for the contract. It will rely on legitimate interests where the processing is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
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We will only collect and process personal data about you where we have lawful bases. Lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g., to deliver the LinkedIn Services you have requested) and “legitimate interests.”
Where we process data based on consent, we will ask for your explicit consent.
Where we rely on contract, we will ask that you agree to the processing of personal data that is necessary for entering into or performance of your contract with us. We will rely on legitimate interests as a basis for data processing where the processing of your data is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
If you're located in one of the Designated Countries or the UK, you can learn more about our lawful bases for processing in our
Qualifications & exceptions
The policy does not map each specific use to a particular lawful basis.
People in the Designated Countries or the UK are pointed to the European Regional Privacy Notice for more on lawful bases.
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The European Regional Privacy Notice and the linked lawful-bases page are not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Complaints go first to LinkedIn online or by mail; some regions can also contact its Data Protection Officer
If you have questions or complaints about this Policy, LinkedIn asks you to contact it online first; you can also reach it by physical mail. If that does not resolve your complaint, you have more options. Residents of the Designated Countries and other regions may also have the right to contact LinkedIn's Data Protection Officer, and if that does not resolve the complaint, may have more options under their laws.
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You can contact us or use other options to resolve any complaints.
If you have questions or complaints regarding this Policy, please first
If this does not resolve your complaint, Residents in the Designated Countries and other regions may have more
Qualifications & exceptions
The Data Protection Officer route is described for residents of the Designated Countries and other regions.
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The further complaint options are on linked pages that are not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
LinkedIn will notify you if it collects materially different data or materially changes its data practices
LinkedIn often introduces new features that may require collecting new information. If it collects materially different personal data or materially changes how it collects, uses or shares your data, it says it will notify you and may also modify this Privacy Policy.
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We are improving our Services, which means we get new data and create new ways to use data.
Our Services are dynamic, and we often introduce new features, which may require the collection of new information. If we collect materially different personal data or materially change how we collect, use or share your data, we will notify you and may also modify this Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
The notice commitment applies to material differences or changes; the passage does not say when the notice is given relative to the change.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
"Affiliates" includes LinkedIn Ireland, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Singapore and Microsoft and its subsidiaries
In this policy, Affiliates are companies controlling, controlled by or under common control with LinkedIn. Examples given are LinkedIn Ireland, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Singapore and Microsoft Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, such as GitHub, Inc.
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Affiliates are companies controlling, controlled by or under common control with us, including, for example, LinkedIn Ireland, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Singapore and Microsoft Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (e.g., GitHub, Inc.).
Qualifications & exceptions
The named companies are examples; the definition covers any company in that control relationship.