No collection of members' PII for third parties via ad technology without separate consent, except per Privacy Policy
LinkedIn says it does not authorize the collection of members' personally identifiable information (PII) on LinkedIn for third-party use through advertising technologies unless the member gives separate consent. This is limited by an exception: "Except as described in our Privacy Policy". The Privacy Policy is not part of this notice, so what that exception allows is not shown here.
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Except as described in our Privacy Policy, LinkedIn doesn't authorize the collection of Personal Identifiable Information (PII) from our members on LinkedIn for third party use through advertising technologies without separate member consent.
Qualifications & exceptions
Opens with "Except as described in our Privacy Policy", so the Privacy Policy may permit such collection in cases this notice does not list.
Covers collection from members on LinkedIn for third-party use through advertising technologies; separate member consent lifts the restriction.
Not stated here
The Privacy Policy is referenced but not supplied with this notice, so the scope of the exception is unknown.
The notice does not say what counts as "separate member consent" or how it is given.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Ads on LinkedIn: third parties not authorized to identify members through ad technology without separate consent
In the DNT context, LinkedIn says it does not authorize third parties to identify LinkedIn members through advertising technologies deployed in ads that may appear on LinkedIn, unless there is separate consent. The statement is about LinkedIn's authorization; the notice does not describe technical measures that stop such identification.
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In the DNT context, however, LinkedIn doesn't authorize the identification of LinkedIn members by third parties through advertising technologies deployed in ads that may appear on LinkedIn without separate consent.
Qualifications & exceptions
Framed as applying "In the DNT context" and to advertising technologies deployed in ads that may appear on LinkedIn.
Separate consent lifts the restriction.
Not stated here
Whose consent and how it is obtained are not stated.
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Much personal information on LinkedIn is visible to any visitor
LinkedIn describes itself as inherently a public place where a lot of personally identifiable information is viewable by any visitor. As a result, third parties can find out about you from the information you share on LinkedIn's services. This answers the question of whether LinkedIn shares members' PII with third parties such as advertisers by pointing to what members themselves make visible.
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LinkedIn is, inherently, a public place, and there is a lot of PII on LinkedIn that is viewable by any visitor. In other words, third parties can find out about you from the info you share on our services.
Does LinkedIn share members' personally identifiable information with third parties (like advertisers and ad networks)?
Qualifications & exceptions
Concerns information members share on the services that is viewable by visitors; it is distinct from identification through advertising technologies, which a separate statement addresses.
Not stated here
The notice does not say which profile information is public by default or which visibility settings exist.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Ads on LinkedIn: third parties not authorized to identify members through ad technology without separate consent — contrast: The notice says third parties can learn about members from information they share, since much PII on LinkedIn is viewable by any visitor; it then says ('however') that in the DNT context LinkedIn does not authorize third parties to identify members through advertising technologies in ads on LinkedIn without separate consent. Read together: visible profile information is open to anyone, while identification through ad technology needs separate consent.