The policy covers LinkedIn products and services that link to it or incorporate it
This Cookie Policy, effective June 3, 2022, applies to any LinkedIn product or service that links to it or incorporates it by reference. It describes how LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies as part of its “Services”. The policy borrows that term from LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy and says it includes LinkedIn’s sites, communications, mobile applications and off-site Services, such as its ad services and the “Apply with LinkedIn” and “Share with LinkedIn” plugins or tags.
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Effective on June 3, 2022
This Cookie Policy applies to any LinkedIn product or service that links to this policy or incorporates it by reference.
as part of our Services, as defined in our [Privacy Policy](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy) (“Services”) and which includes our sites, communications, mobile applications and off-site Services, such as our ad services and the “Apply with LinkedIn” and “Share with LinkedIn” plugins or tags.
Qualifications & exceptions
Coverage of a particular LinkedIn product or service turns on whether it links to this policy or incorporates it by reference.
“Services” reaches beyond linkedin.com: it includes off-site Services such as LinkedIn ad services and the Apply with LinkedIn and Share with LinkedIn plugins or tags.
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The full definition of “Services” is in the Privacy Policy, which was not supplied with this document.
Which specific LinkedIn products link to or incorporate this policy is not listed.
Data Access & Collection · Context
“Cookies” in this policy also means pixels, local storage, mobile ad IDs and other trackers
LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies, such as pixels, local storage and mobile ad IDs, and the policy calls all of them “cookies” together. It also says LinkedIn uses other tracking technologies, such as mobile advertising IDs and tags, for the same purposes, and that “similar technologies” includes pixels, local storage and other tracking technologies. So a rule below about cookies generally reaches these other tracking tools as well.
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We use cookies and similar technologies such as pixels, local storage and mobile ad IDs (collectively referred to in this policy as “cookies”) to collect and use data
We also use other tracking technologies, such as mobile advertising IDs and tags for similar purposes as described in this Cookie Policy.
References to similar technologies in this policy includes pixels, local storage, and other tracking technologies.
Qualifications & exceptions
The umbrella term is open-ended (“such as”, “other tracking technologies”); it is not limited to the technologies named.
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The policy does not say which specific technology LinkedIn uses for each purpose it lists.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
Continuing to visit or use LinkedIn counts as agreeing to its cookie use
The policy states that if you continue to visit or use LinkedIn’s Services, you are agreeing to LinkedIn’s use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes this policy describes. The agreement is tied to those described purposes, not to any purpose at all. The policy separately describes settings and browser controls you can use to limit cookies and targeted ads.
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By continuing to visit or use our Services, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes described in this policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
The agreement covers use for the purposes described in this policy.
The Your Choices section describes ad settings, visitor controls, device ad-ID controls and browser controls that can limit cookies or personalized ads.
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This text does not describe a cookie banner, consent prompt or any region-specific consent mechanism.
You may get cookies from LinkedIn or from its customers, partners and service providers
A cookie is a small file placed on your device that enables LinkedIn features and functionality. Any browser visiting LinkedIn’s sites may receive cookies from LinkedIn or from third parties such as LinkedIn’s customers, partners or service providers. LinkedIn or third parties may also place cookies in your browser when you visit sites that are not LinkedIn’s, if those sites display ads or host LinkedIn plugins or tags.
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A cookie is a small file placed onto your device that enables LinkedIn features and functionality.
Any browser visiting our sites may receive cookies from us or cookies from third parties such as our customers, partners or service providers.
We or third parties may also place cookies in your browser when you visit non-LinkedIn sites that display ads or that host our plugins or
Qualifications & exceptions
Cookies on non-LinkedIn sites are described for sites that display ads or that host LinkedIn plugins or tags.
“May”: the policy does not say every visit results in third-party cookies.
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The policy does not name the third parties that set cookies; the linked cookie tables were not supplied.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Persistent cookies keep you recognized across visits; session cookies end with the session
LinkedIn uses persistent cookies and session cookies. A persistent cookie lasts beyond the current session and is used for many purposes, for example recognizing you as an existing user so you can return to LinkedIn without signing in again. Because it stays in your browser, LinkedIn reads it when you return to one of its sites or visit a third-party site that uses LinkedIn’s Services. Session cookies last only as long as the session, usually the current website visit or browser session.
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We use two types of cookies: persistent cookies and session cookies.
A persistent cookie lasts beyond the current session and is used for many purposes, such as recognizing you as an existing user, so it’s easier to return to LinkedIn and interact with our Services without signing in again.
Since a persistent cookie stays in your browser, it will be read by LinkedIn when you return to one of our sites or visit a third party site that uses our Services.
Session cookies last only as long as the session (usually the current visit to a website or a browser session).
Qualifications & exceptions
Persistent cookies are read on third-party sites only when those sites use LinkedIn’s Services.
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The policy does not state how long persistent cookies last; the linked cookie tables were not supplied.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Pixels in web pages and emails report device and visit information to LinkedIn
A pixel is a tiny image that may be embedded in web pages and emails. To display it, your device makes a call to LinkedIn’s servers that provides device and visit information. LinkedIn uses pixels to learn about your interactions with email or web content, such as whether you interacted with ads or posts. Pixels can also let LinkedIn and third parties place cookies on your browser.
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A pixel is a tiny image that may be embedded within web pages and emails, requiring a call (which provides device and visit information) to our servers in order for the pixel to be rendered in those web pages and emails.
We use pixels to learn more about your interactions with email content or web content, such as whether you interacted with ads or posts.
Pixels can also enable us and third parties to place cookies on your browser.
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The policy does not list which emails or third-party pages carry LinkedIn pixels.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Local storage keeps information on your device to enable features and preferences
Local storage lets a website or app store information locally on your devices. LinkedIn may use it to improve the LinkedIn experience, for example by enabling features, remembering your preferences and speeding up site functionality.
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Local storage enables a website or application to store information locally on your device(s).
Local storage may be used to improve the LinkedIn experience, for example, by enabling features, remembering your preferences and speeding up site functionality.
Qualifications & exceptions
“May be used”: the listed uses are examples, not a complete list.
Data Access & Collection · Context
A separate cookie table lists the cookies, and cookie names may change
LinkedIn points to separate cookie tables that list the cookies and similar technologies used as part of its Services. It notes that the names of these cookies and technologies may change over time.
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lists cookies and similar technologies that are used as part of our Services. Please note that the names of cookies and similar technologies may change over time.
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Cookie names may change over time, so the table reflects a moment in time.
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The cookie tables are a linked page that was not supplied with this policy, so specific cookies, their providers and durations are not covered here.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Customers, partners and service providers may use cookies, including for their own marketing
Third parties such as LinkedIn’s customers, partners and service providers may use cookies in connection with LinkedIn’s Services. For example, they may use cookies in their LinkedIn pages, their job posts and their ads on and off LinkedIn for their own marketing purposes.
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Third parties such as our customers, partners and service providers may use cookies in connection with our Services.
For example, third parties may use cookies in their LinkedIn pages, job posts and their advertisements on and off LinkedIn for their own marketing purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
The third parties’ use described here can be for their own marketing purposes, not only for LinkedIn’s.
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The policy does not name the third parties; the Help Center illustration it links to was not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Third parties also use cookies with LinkedIn’s ad services and help LinkedIn market and research
Third parties may also use cookies in connection with LinkedIn’s off-site Services, such as its ad services, and may use cookies to help LinkedIn provide its Services. LinkedIn may also work with third parties for its own marketing and to analyze and research its Services.
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Third parties may also use cookies in connection with our off-site Services, such as LinkedIn ad services. Third parties may use cookies to help us to provide our Services. We may also work with third parties for our own marketing purposes and to enable us to analyze and research our Services.
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The policy does not name these third parties or say what data they receive.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
You can limit cookies, but you may lose personalization and saved settings like login information
You have choices about how LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies. If you limit LinkedIn’s ability to set them, your overall experience may get worse because it may no longer be personalized to you, and you may be unable to save customized settings such as login information.
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You have choices on how LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies.
Please note that if you limit the ability of LinkedIn to set cookies and similar technologies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it may no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information.
Qualifications & exceptions
The stated effects are possibilities (“may”), not certain outcomes.
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This paragraph does not itself list every choice; the specific controls follow in the ad, mobile and browser sections.
Members and visitors each have their own settings to opt out of targeted ads
You have choices about the personalized ads you may see, as described in Section 2.4 of LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy. LinkedIn Members can adjust their advertising settings, and visitors have separate visitor controls; both are linked from the policy under the heading “Opt out of targeted advertising”.
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you have choices regarding the personalized ads you may see.
LinkedIn Members can adjust their settings
Visitor controls can be found
Qualifications & exceptions
Members and visitors use different controls.
These controls are about personalized or targeted ads; the policy does not say they stop cookies being set for other purposes.
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Section 2.4 of the Privacy Policy, which describes these choices, was not supplied with this document.
The settings pages themselves were not supplied, so what each control turns off is not covered here.
Device settings such as Android’s can limit mobile ad IDs for ad personalization
Some mobile operating systems, such as Android, let you control whether mobile advertising IDs are used for ad personalization. The policy points you to the device manufacturer’s website to learn how to use those controls.
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Some mobile device operating systems such as Android provide the ability to control the use of mobile advertising IDs for ads personalization. You can learn how to use these controls by visiting the manufacturer’s website.
Qualifications & exceptions
Available only on mobile operating systems that offer such controls (“some”).
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The policy does not say how LinkedIn responds when you use these controls.
Use & Processing · Company practice
LinkedIn says it does not use iOS mobile advertising IDs for targeted ads
LinkedIn states that it does not use iOS mobile advertising IDs for targeted advertising.
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We do not use iOS mobile advertising IDs for targeted advertising.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement is limited to iOS advertising IDs and to targeted advertising; it does not cover other uses or Android advertising IDs.
Most browsers let you control, review and erase cookies, including LinkedIn’s
Most browsers let you control cookies through their settings, and those settings may be adapted to reflect your consent to cookies. Most browsers also let you review and erase cookies, including LinkedIn’s. The policy refers you to your browser maker’s documentation to learn more.
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Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings, which may be adapted to reflect your consent to the use of cookies. Further, most browsers also enable you to review and erase cookies, including LinkedIn cookies.
Qualifications & exceptions
Availability depends on your browser (“most browsers”).
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The policy does not say whether browser settings also control pixels, local storage or mobile ad IDs.
LinkedIn does not generally respond to Do Not Track signals
The policy describes Do Not Track (DNT) as a concept promoted by regulators such as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for a browser-based way to let people control tracking of their activity across websites. It states that LinkedIn does not generally respond to “do not track” signals.
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As such, LinkedIn does not generally respond to “do not track” signals.
DNT is a concept that has been promoted by regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing Internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites by using browser settings.
Qualifications & exceptions
“Generally”: the policy leaves room for exceptions but does not describe any.
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The policy does not say whether any other browser privacy signal is honored.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Cookies recognize you and, when you are signed in, verify your account
LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit its Services. If you are signed in, they help LinkedIn show you the right information and personalize your experience in line with your settings; for example, cookies let LinkedIn identify you and verify your account.
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We use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our Services.
If you’re signed into LinkedIn, these technologies help us show you the right information and personalize your experience in line with your settings. For example, cookies enable LinkedIn to identify you and verify your account.
Qualifications & exceptions
Personalization while signed in follows your LinkedIn settings.
Security & Safeguards · Company practice
Cookies support security features and help detect malicious activity and User Agreement violations
LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies to make your interactions with its Services faster and more secure. For example, cookies enable and support security features, help keep your account safe and help LinkedIn detect malicious activity and violations of its User Agreement.
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We use cookies and similar technologies to make your interactions with our Services faster and more secure.
For example, we use cookies to enable and support our security features, keep your account safe and to help us detect malicious activity and violations of our User Agreement.
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The User Agreement referred to here is a separate document not supplied with this policy.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Cookies power site features and remember your browser, language and communications preferences
LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies to make its Services work, for example helping you fill out forms more easily and providing features, insights and customized content together with its plugins. It also uses them to remember information about your browser and your preferences, such as which language you prefer and your communications preferences. LinkedIn may also use local storage to speed up the site.
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We use cookies and similar technologies to enable the functionality of our Services, such as helping you to fill out forms on our Services more easily and providing you with features, insights and customized content in conjunction with our plugins.
We also use these technologies to remember information about your browser and your preferences.
For example, cookies can tell us which language you prefer and what your communications preferences are. We may also use local storage to speed up site functionality.
Qualifications & exceptions
Remembering preferences covers information about your browser as well as your stated preferences.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Cookies can remember your past searches to show related information later
LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies to customize your experience on its Services. For example, it may use cookies to remember your previous searches so that when you come back it can offer more information related to them.
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We use cookies and similar technologies to customize your experience on our Services.
For example, we may use cookies to remember previous searches so that when you return to our services, we can offer additional information that relates to your previous search.
Qualifications & exceptions
Remembering previous searches is given as an example (“may”), not a complete description.
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The policy does not say how long previous searches are remembered.
Linking & Identification · Company practice
LinkedIn plugins on other sites use cookies to recognize you and provide analytics
LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies to run its plugins both on and off LinkedIn sites. Plugins such as the “Apply with LinkedIn” button or the “Share” button may appear on LinkedIn or on third-party sites, such as those of LinkedIn’s customers and partners. These plugins use cookies and other technologies to provide analytics and to recognize you on LinkedIn and on third-party sites. If you interact with a plugin, for instance by clicking “Apply”, it uses cookies to identify you and start your request to apply.
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We use cookies and similar technologies to enable LinkedIn plugins both on and off the LinkedIn sites.
Our plugins use cookies and other technologies to provide analytics and recognize you on LinkedIn and third-party sites.
If you interact with a plugin (for instance, by clicking "Apply"), the plugin will use cookies to identify you and initiate your request to apply.
may be found on LinkedIn or third-party sites, such as the sites of our customers and partners.
You can learn more about plugins in our
Qualifications & exceptions
Recognition and analytics are described for plugins generally, not only when you click one; clicking adds identification to start your request.
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More detail on plugins is in the Privacy Policy, which was not supplied with this document.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Cookies target ads on and off LinkedIn and track whether you later act on another site
Cookies and similar technologies help LinkedIn show you relevant advertising, both on and off its Services, and measure how those ads perform. LinkedIn uses them to learn whether content has been shown to you, or whether someone who saw an ad later came back and took an action on another site, such as downloading a white paper or making a purchase. LinkedIn’s partners or service providers may also use these technologies to find out whether LinkedIn showed an ad or post and how it performed, or to give LinkedIn information about how you interact with ads.
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Cookies and similar technologies help us show relevant advertising to you more effectively, both on and off our Services and to measure the performance of such ads.
We use these technologies to learn whether content has been shown to you or whether someone who was presented with an ad later came back and took an action (e.g., downloaded a white paper or made a purchase) on another site.
Similarly, our partners or service providers may use these technologies to determine whether we've shown an ad or a post and how it performed or provide us with information about how you interact with ads.
For further information regarding the use of cookies for advertising purposes, please see
Qualifications & exceptions
Partners and service providers are described as using these technologies for ad and post measurement and for reporting your ad interactions to LinkedIn.
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The Privacy Policy, which this section points to for more detail, was not supplied with this document.
The policy refers to Sections 1.4 and 2.4 of the Privacy Policy for more on advertising cookies; that text is not covered here.
Linking & Identification · Company practice
LinkedIn may show you ads after you visit a customer’s or partner’s site or app
LinkedIn may work with its customers and partners to show you an ad on or off LinkedIn, for example after you have visited a customer’s or partner’s site or application.
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We may also work with our customers and partners to show you an ad on or off LinkedIn, such as after you’ve visited a customer’s or partner’s site or application.
Qualifications & exceptions
“May”: the policy describes this as something LinkedIn may do, with a visit to a customer’s or partner’s site or app given as an example.
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The policy does not name the customers or partners involved.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
LinkedIn gives customers and partners aggregated information from these technologies
LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies to provide aggregated information to its customers and partners, both in connection with advertising and as part of its Services generally. Usage analytics gathered on a browser where a member is logged out may also be shared with customers in aggregate form.
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These technologies help us provide aggregated information to our customers and partners.
We also use these technologies to provide aggregated information to our customers and partners as part of our Services.
We may share these analytics in aggregate form with our customers.
Qualifications & exceptions
The policy describes this information as aggregated.
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The policy does not explain what level of aggregation is used.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Outside Designated Countries, LinkedIn collects device data even where you haven’t engaged with its Services
Outside the countries the Privacy Policy calls “Designated Countries”, LinkedIn also collects, or relies on others who collect, information about your device where you have not engaged with its Services, such as your ad ID, IP address, operating system and browser information. It does this so it can show its Members relevant ads and better understand how effective those ads are.
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outside [Designated Countries](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy), we also collect (or rely on others 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.
For further information, please see
Qualifications & exceptions
This applies only outside Designated Countries.
It covers device information where you have not engaged with LinkedIn’s Services, and LinkedIn may rely on others who collect it.
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Which countries are Designated Countries is defined in the Privacy Policy, which was not supplied with this document.
Section 1.4 of the Privacy Policy, cited here, was not supplied.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Cookies track how you use LinkedIn, including from other sites, apps and devices, for analytics
Cookies and similar technologies help LinkedIn learn how well its Services and plugins perform in different locations. LinkedIn or its service providers use them to understand, improve and research products, features and services, including as you navigate LinkedIn’s sites or access LinkedIn from other sites, applications or devices. They also use them to measure how ads or posts perform on and off LinkedIn, to learn whether you have interacted with LinkedIn’s websites, content or emails, and to provide analytics based on those interactions.
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Cookies and similar technologies help us learn more about how well our Services and plugins perform in different locations.
We or our service providers use these technologies to understand, improve, and research products, features and services, including as you navigate through our sites or when you access LinkedIn from other sites, applications or devices.
use these technologies to determine and measure the performance of ads or posts on and off LinkedIn and to learn whether you have interacted with our websites, content or emails and provide analytics based on those interactions.
Qualifications & exceptions
Service providers as well as LinkedIn use these technologies for analytics and research.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
LinkedIn may keep logging your activity on a browser after you log out, until the cookie expires
If you are a LinkedIn member but are logged out of your account on a browser, LinkedIn may still keep logging your interaction with its Services on that browser until the cookie expires, in order to generate usage analytics for its Services. LinkedIn may share these analytics with its customers in aggregate form.
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If you are a LinkedIn member but logged out of your account on a browser, LinkedIn may still continue to log your interaction with our Services on that browser until the expiration of the cookie in order to generate usage analytics for our Services.
We may share these analytics in aggregate form with our customers.
Qualifications & exceptions
Logging continues only until the cookie expires.
The stated purpose is usage analytics for LinkedIn’s Services; sharing is described as in aggregate form.
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The policy does not state when these cookies expire; the linked cookie tables were not supplied.