Using LinkedIn means agreeing to a binding contract
Creating an account or using the Services is described as entering a legally binding contract with LinkedIn, including when you use third-party credentials or act for a company. The agreement says not to create an account or use the Services if you do not agree, and you can end the contract by closing your account and no longer using the Services.
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When you use our Services you agree to all of these terms.
By creating a LinkedIn account or accessing or using our Services (described below), you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with LinkedIn
even if you are using third party credentials or using our Services on behalf of a company
If you do not agree to this contract (“Contract” or “User Agreement”), do not create an account or access or otherwise use any of our Services
you can do so by closing your account and no longer accessing or using our Services
Data Access & Collection · Context
Scope includes LinkedIn apps and off-site data collection
The Contract applies to LinkedIn.com, LinkedIn-branded apps and other LinkedIn-related sites, apps, communications and services that say they are offered under it. This expressly includes offsite collection of data for those Services, such as through LinkedIn ads and the “Apply with LinkedIn” and “Share with LinkedIn” plugins.
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This Contract applies to LinkedIn.com, LinkedIn-branded apps, and other LinkedIn-related sites, apps, communications, and other services that state that they are offered under this Contract
including the offsite collection of data for those Services, such as via our ads and the “Apply with LinkedIn” and “Share with LinkedIn” plugins
purpose: service_operation
Not stated here
This agreement does not list which data is collected off LinkedIn; it points to the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, which were not supplied.
Data Access & Collection · Context
Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy also govern your personal data
Your use of the Services is also subject to the Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy, which the agreement says cover how LinkedIn collects, uses, shares and stores personal information. For Members and Visitors, collection, use and sharing of personal data is subject to those policies and documents they reference, and you acknowledge that you have read the Privacy Policy.
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Your use of our Services is also subject to our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy, which covers how we collect, use, share, and store your personal information.
the collection, use, and sharing of your personal data is subject to our
You acknowledge and have read our
As a Visitor or Member of our Services
Not stated here
The Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and referenced documents were not supplied, so their contents are not described here.
If you live in the EU, EEA or Switzerland (“Designated Countries”), the contract is with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, which is the controller of your personal data. If you live elsewhere, it is with LinkedIn Corporation, which is the controller or business responsible for that data.
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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
you are entering into this Contract with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (“LinkedIn Ireland”) and LinkedIn Ireland will be the controller of your personal data
If you reside outside of the “Designated Countries”, you are entering into this Contract with LinkedIn Corporation (“LinkedIn Corp.”)
LinkedIn Corp. will be the controller of (or business responsible for) your personal data
Qualifications & exceptions
Which entity applies depends on the country where you reside.
“Affiliates” includes Microsoft and its subsidiaries
Affiliates are defined as companies controlling, controlled by or under common control with LinkedIn, and the examples include LinkedIn Ireland, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Singapore and Microsoft Corporation or any of its subsidiaries such as GitHub, Inc. Affiliates receive the content license and share the liability limits and disclaimers described elsewhere.
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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.)
You grant LinkedIn and our
LINKEDIN AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU
Qualifications & exceptions
The list of affiliates is given as examples (“including, for example”), not as a complete list.
“Content” includes feed posts, feedback, comments, profiles, articles and contributions, group posts, job postings, messages including InMails, videos, photos, audio and PDFs. “Social Action” means actions members take such as likes, comments, follows and sharing content.
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Content includes, for example, feed posts, feedback, comments, profiles, articles (and contributions), group posts, job postings, messages (including InMails), videos, photos, audio, and/or PDFs
Actions that members take on our services such as likes, comments, follows, sharing content
The Contract applies to both Members and Visitors. Registering makes you a Member; if you choose not to register you may access certain features as a Visitor.
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This Contract applies to Members and Visitors.
When you register and join the LinkedIn Services, you become a “Member”.
you may access certain features as a “Visitor.”
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
LinkedIn may change the Contract; notice rules and exceptions
LinkedIn may modify the Contract, Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. For material changes or where notice is legally required, it says it will give notice through the Services or other means so you can review before they take effect, but it may not always give prior notice for changes that must take immediate legal effect or that relate to a newly launched service or feature. The agreement says changes cannot be retroactive, that you can close your account if you object, and that continued use after notice means you consent to the updated terms as of their effective date.
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We may make changes to this Contract.
We may modify this Contract, our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy from time to time.
we will provide you notice through our Services, or by other means, to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective
we may not always provide prior notice of changes to these terms (1) when those changes are legally required to be implemented with immediate effect, or (2) when those changes relate to a newly launched service or feature
We agree that changes cannot be retroactive.
Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these terms means that you are consenting to the updated terms as of their effective date.
Qualifications & exceptions
Prior notice is promised for material or legally-notice-required changes, subject to the two stated exceptions.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Minimum age 16 (or older where law requires); one account in your real name
The Services are not for anyone under 16. You agree you meet the “Minimum Age”, will have only one LinkedIn account in your real name, and are not already restricted by LinkedIn. The Minimum Age is 16, or a higher age where the law requires that for LinkedIn to lawfully provide the Services without parental consent (including using personal data). Creating an account with false information, including for others or for persons under 16, violates the terms.
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The Services are not for use by anyone under the age of 16.
you must be the "Minimum Age"(described below) or older; (2) you will only have one LinkedIn account, which must be in your real name; and (3) you are not already restricted by LinkedIn from using the Services
Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or persons under the age of 16.
“Minimum Age” means 16 years old. However, if law requires that you must be older in order for LinkedIn to lawfully provide the Services to you without parental consent (including using your personal data) then the Minimum Age is such older age.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Secure your account, don’t share it; you answer for its activity
You agree to protect against wrongful access (for example with a strong, confidential password), not share or transfer your account or any part of it (the example given is selling or transferring others’ personal data by transferring your connections), and follow the law, the Dos and Don’ts and the Professional Community Policies. You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse.
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protect against wrongful access to your account (e.g., use a strong password and keep it confidential)
not share or transfer your account or any part of it (e.g., sell or transfer the personal data of others by transferring your connections)
follow the law, our list of Dos and Don’ts (below), and our Professional Community Policies
You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse.
data: identifiers · data: contacts
Account & Service Control · Context
Employer-paid services: employer controls the service, not your account
As between you and others, including your employer, your account belongs to you. If another party purchased a Service for you to use for their work (for example a Recruiter seat or LinkedIn Learning subscription), that party can control access to and get reports on your use of that paid Service but does not get rights to your personal account.
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As between you and others (including your employer), your account belongs to you.
the party paying for such Service has the right to control access to and get reports on your use of such paid Service
they do not have rights to your personal account
(e.g., Recruiter seat or LinkedIn Learning subscription bought by your employer)
Qualifications & exceptions
The employer's control and reporting rights apply to the paid Service, not the personal account.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Paid Services: fees, taxes, extra terms and non-payment consequences
If you buy paid Services you agree to pay applicable fees and taxes and to additional terms specific to paid Services. Failure to pay results in termination of the paid Services. Purchases may involve foreign exchange fees or location-based price differences, and LinkedIn may calculate taxes from the billing information you provide.
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If you buy any of our paid Services, you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes and you agree to the
Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services.
Your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location (e.g., exchange rates).
We may calculate taxes payable by you based on the billing information that you provide us.
data: payment
Not stated here
The additional terms for paid Services were not supplied.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
LinkedIn may keep billing your payment method, even after it expires
LinkedIn may store and continue billing your payment method, such as a credit card, even after it has expired, to avoid interruptions in paid Services and to pay for other Services you may buy. If your primary payment method fails it may automatically charge a secondary payment method if you provided one. You may update or change your payment method.
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We may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g., credit card), even after it has expired, to avoid interruptions in your paid Services and to use it to pay for other Services you may buy.
If your primary payment method fails, we may automatically charge a secondary payment method, if you have provided one.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before renewal
If you buy a subscription, your payment method is automatically charged at the start of each subscription period for that period's fees and taxes. To avoid future charges you must cancel before the renewal date.
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If you purchase a subscription, your payment method automatically will be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period.
To avoid future charges, cancel before the renewal date.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Prices can change prospectively; refunds follow LinkedIn’s refund policy
LinkedIn may change prices effective prospectively upon reasonable notice to the extent allowed by law, and the agreement says modified prices apply prospectively. All paid Services are subject to LinkedIn's refund policy.
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Refunds are subject to our policy, and we may modify our prices and those modified prices will apply prospectively.
We may modify our prices effective prospectively upon reasonable notice to the extent allowed under the law.
All of your paid Services are subject to LinkedIn’s
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
Invoices available in Purchase History
You can get a copy of your invoice through your LinkedIn account settings under “Purchase History”.
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You can get a copy of your invoice through your LinkedIn account settings under “Purchase History”
data: payment
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Notices go to you in the Services or by your contact details; keep them current
You agree that LinkedIn will give you notices and messages within the Services or to the contact information you provided, such as email, mobile number or physical address, and that you will keep it up to date. Out-of-date contact information may cause you to miss important notices. The agreement points to settings that let you control and limit the types of messages you receive from LinkedIn.
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If your contact information is out of date, you may miss out on important notices.
(1) within the Services or (2) sent to the contact information you provided us (e.g., email, mobile number, physical address)
You agree to keep your
Please review your settings to
Qualifications & exceptions
Message-type controls are available through settings; which types can be limited is not listed here.
What you share can be seen, copied and used by others, on or off LinkedIn
The agreement states that information you share on the Services, including through profiles, posts, articles, group posts, links, job postings, messages and InMails, may be seen by other Members, Visitors or others on or off the Services, depending on the feature and your choices. Others can see, copy and use it. Where LinkedIn has made settings available it says it will honor your choices about who can see content, such as sending message content only to addressees, sharing only with connections, restricting profile visibility from search tools, or not notifying others of profile updates.
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When you share information on our Services, others can see, copy and use that information.
information that you share may be seen by other Members, Visitors, or others (on or off of the Services)
Where we have made settings available, we will honor the choices you make about who can see content or other information
through your profile, posts, articles, group posts, links to news articles, job postings, messages, and InMails
(e.g., message content to your addressees, sharing content only to LinkedIn connections, restricting your profile visibility from search tools, or opting not to notify others of your LinkedIn profile update)
Qualifications & exceptions
Depends on the feature and your settings; the promise applies where settings have been made available.
Job-search activity defaults to not notifying connections or the public
For job searching activities, the default is not to notify your connections or the public. If you apply for a job through the Services or signal that you are interested in a job, the default is to share that only with the job poster.
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For job searching activities, we default to not notifying your connections or the public.
if you apply for a job through our Services or opt to signal that you are interested in a job, our default is to share it only with the job poster
LinkedIn need not publish content and can remove it, with or without notice
To the extent laws allow, LinkedIn says it is not obligated to publish any content or other information on the Services and can remove it with or without notice.
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To the extent that laws allow this, we are not obligated to publish any content or other information on our Services and can remove it with or without notice.
You own your original content but grant LinkedIn and Affiliates a broad license
As between you and LinkedIn, you own the original content you submit or post. You grant LinkedIn and its Affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publicly perform and display, host and process your content and other information without further consent, notice or compensation to you or others, subject to the listed limits.
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you own your original
You grant LinkedIn and our Affiliates the following non-exclusive license to the content and other information you provide (e.g., share, post, upload, and/or otherwise submit) to our Services
A worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publicly perform and display, host, and process your content and other information without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or others.
These rights are limited in the following ways:
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is non-exclusive and is stated to be limited by the bullets that follow.
You can end the license by deleting content or closing your account
You can end the license for specific content by deleting it, or generally by closing your account. The exceptions are content others copied, re-shared or stored after you shared it; content LinkedIn already sublicensed before removal or closure; content LinkedIn must retain or share by law; and the reasonable time needed to remove deleted content from backup and other systems.
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You can end this license for specific content by deleting such content from the Services, or generally by closing your account
(1) shared it with others as part of the Services and they copied, re-shared it or stored it
(2) we had already sublicensed others prior to your content removal or closing of your account
(3) we are required by law to retain or share it with others
for the reasonable time it takes to remove the content you delete from backup and other systems
Not stated here
No specific backup-removal period is stated (“reasonable time”).
related (model-proposed): What survives termination — Survival provisions preserve some rights after termination.
Content & IP Rights · Company commitment
No use of your content in third-party ads without separate consent
LinkedIn says it will not include your content in advertisements for third parties' products and services shown to others, including sponsored content, without your separate consent.
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We will not include your content in advertisements for the products and services of third parties to others without your separate consent (including sponsored content).
Ads may appear near your content; social actions and feature use may be shown
Without compensation to you or others, ads may be served near your content and other information, and your social actions may be visible and included with ads, as noted in the Privacy Policy. If you use a Service feature, LinkedIn may mention that with your name or photo to promote the feature within the Services, subject to your settings.
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and your social actions may be visible and included with ads, as noted in the Privacy Policy
If you use a Service feature, we may mention that with your name or photo to promote that feature within our Services, subject to your settings.
ads may be served near your content and other information
Public posts can be made available off LinkedIn and to search tools
LinkedIn says it will honor audience choices such as “Connections only”. If you share a post to “Anyone on or off LinkedIn” (or similar), it may make the post available off LinkedIn, let others publicly share it onto third-party services (for example by embedding), and let search tools make that public content findable through their services.
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We will honor the audience choices for shared content (e.g., “Connections only”).
if you choose to share your post to "Anyone on or off LinkedIn” (or similar): (a) we may make it available off LinkedIn
(b) we may enable others to publicly share onto third-party services (e.g., a Member embedding your post on a third party service)
(c) we may enable search tools to make that public content findable though their services
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies when you choose a public audience such as “Anyone on or off LinkedIn”.
LinkedIn may edit or reformat content but aims not to change its meaning
LinkedIn may edit and change the format of your content, such as translating or transcribing it, changing size, layout or file type, and removing or adding labels or metadata. It says it will take steps to avoid materially modifying the meaning of your expression in content you share with others.
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While we may edit and make format changes to your content (such as translating or transcribing it, modifying the size, layout or file type, and removing or adding labels or metadata)
we will take steps to avoid materially modifying the meaning of your expression in content you share with others
Qualifications & exceptions
The meaning-preservation commitment is to “take steps to avoid” material changes, applies to content shared with others.
You may license your own content to others, such as under Creative Commons
Because you own your original content and LinkedIn has only non-exclusive rights, you may make it available to others, including under the terms of a Creative Commons license.
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Because you own your original content and we only have non-exclusive rights to it, you may choose to make it available to others, including under the terms of a Creative Commons license
Personal data in content is handled under the Privacy Policy and your choices
You and LinkedIn agree that content containing personal data is subject to the Privacy Policy. You also agree LinkedIn may access, store, process and use any information you provide, including content and personal data, in accordance with the Privacy Policy and your choices, including settings.
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You and LinkedIn agree that if content includes personal data, it is subject to our Privacy Policy.
we may access, store, process, and use any information (including content and/or personal data) that you provide in accordance with the terms of the
and your choices (including settings)
data: content · data: identifiers
Not stated here
The Privacy Policy was not supplied, so specific uses are not described here.
Feedback can be used and shared for any purpose without compensation
When you submit suggestions or other feedback about the Services, you agree LinkedIn can use and share it (but does not have to) for any purpose without compensation to you.
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By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding our Services to LinkedIn, you agree that LinkedIn can use and share (but does not have to) such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.
Cross-references
related (model-proposed): What survives termination — LinkedIn's rights to use and disclose feedback survive termination.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You promise to share only content you have rights to; profile must be truthful
You agree to provide only content and information that does not violate the law or anyone's rights, including intellectual property rights, and that the profile information you provide will be truthful. You have choices about how much profile information to provide. LinkedIn may be required by law to remove certain content in certain countries.
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You agree to only provide content and other information that does not violate the law or anyone’s rights (including intellectual property rights).
You have choices about how much information to provide on your profile but also agree that the profile information you provide will be truthful.
LinkedIn may be required by law to remove certain content and other information in certain countries.
data: content · data: identifiers
Account & Service Control · Company practice
LinkedIn may change, suspend or end Services, or limit features by country
LinkedIn may change, suspend or discontinue any Service, and may limit features, content and information so they are not available to all Visitors or Members, for example by country or by subscription access.
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We may change or limit the availability of some features, or end any Service.
We may change, suspend or discontinue any of our Services.
We may also limit the availability of features, content and other information so that they are not available to all Visitors or Members (e.g., by country or by subscription access).
Retention & Deletion · Restriction or exception
LinkedIn does not promise to store or keep showing your content
LinkedIn says it does not promise to store or show, or keep showing, information you have shared, and that it is not a storage service. It states it has no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of content, except as required by applicable law and as noted in the Privacy Policy.
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We don’t promise to store or show (or keep showing) any information (including content) that you’ve shared. LinkedIn is not a storage service.
we have no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content or other information that you or others provide, except to the extent required by applicable law and as noted in our Privacy Policy
Qualifications & exceptions
Exceptions for applicable law and what the Privacy Policy provides.
data: content
Not stated here
Retention and data-export terms in the Privacy Policy were not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Others’ content is at your own risk; LinkedIn disclaims responsibility
The agreement says you may encounter content that is inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive or otherwise harmful, and that LinkedIn is not responsible for content made available by others, including Members. LinkedIn says it applies automated tools to review much content but cannot always prevent misuse, and you agree it is not responsible for such misuse.
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Your use of others’ content and information posted on our Services, is at your own risk.
content or other information that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful
You agree that we are not responsible for content or other information made available through or within the Services by others, including Members.
While we apply automated tools to review much of the content and other information presented in the Services, we cannot always prevent misuse of our Services, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse.
News mentions of you or your organization may be shown to connections
You acknowledge that others may share inaccurate or misleading information about you or your organization and that you may be mistakenly associated with content about others, for example when LinkedIn lets connections and followers know you or your organization were mentioned in the news. The agreement says Members have choices about this feature.
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You also acknowledge the risk that others may share inaccurate or misleading information about you or your organization
you or your organization may be mistakenly associated with content about others, for example, when we let connections and followers know you or your organization were mentioned in the news
Members have
Qualifications & exceptions
Members have choices about this feature; the available choices are not described here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Offers from other Members: LinkedIn is not a party, agent or employment agency
LinkedIn may connect you with Members offering opportunities such as employment or purchases. You acknowledge that LinkedIn does not perform those services, employ those who do, or provide those products, and does not supervise or monitor Members in making offers. You agree LinkedIn is not responsible for the offers or their performance, does not endorse any Member's offers, is not an agent or employment agency for any Member, and does not make hiring decisions for Members offering opportunities.
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LinkedIn does not perform these offered services, employ those who perform these services, or provide these offered products.
LinkedIn does not supervise, direct, control, or monitor Members in the making of these offers
(1) LinkedIn is not responsible for these offers, or performance or procurement of them, (2) LinkedIn does not endorse any particular Member’s offers, and (3) LinkedIn is not an agent or employment agency on behalf of any Member offering employment or other work, products or services
LinkedIn does not make employment or hiring decisions on behalf of Members offering opportunities
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Services Marketplace: 18+ and required licenses
For Services Marketplace, you must be at least 18 to procure, offer or perform services, and you represent and warrant that you have all required licenses and will provide services consistent with relevant industry standards and the Professional Community Policies.
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you must be at least 18 years of age to procure, offer, or perform services
you represent and warrant that you have all the required licenses and will provide services consistent with the relevant industry standards and our Professional Community Policies
For Services Marketplace, (a) you must be at least 18 years of age
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Events organized by Members: LinkedIn is not responsible for conduct or vetting
LinkedIn may help you register for or attend events organized by Members. You agree LinkedIn is not responsible for the conduct of Members or attendees, does not endorse listed events, does not review or vet events or speakers, and that you will follow the terms that apply to those events.
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LinkedIn may help you register for and/or attend events organized by Members and connect with other Members who are attendees at such events.
(1) LinkedIn is not responsible for the conduct of any of the Members or other attendees at such events, (2) LinkedIn does not endorse any particular event listed on our Services, (3) LinkedIn does not review and/or vet any of these events or speakers, and (4) you will adhere to the terms and conditions that apply to such events
LinkedIn may limit your use and restrict, suspend or terminate your account
LinkedIn reserves the right to limit your use of the Services, including your number of connections and ability to contact other Members. It also reserves the right to restrict, suspend or terminate your account if you breach the Contract or the law or are misusing the Services, for example by violating the Dos and Don'ts or Professional Community Policies.
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LinkedIn reserves the right to limit your use of the Services, including the number of your connections and your ability to contact other Members.
LinkedIn reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if you breach this Contract or the law or are misusing the Services
(e.g., violating any of the Dos and Don’ts or Professional Community Policies)
Qualifications & exceptions
Restricting, suspending or terminating an account is tied to breach or misuse; the limits on connections and messaging are stated without that condition.
LinkedIn can remove content it believes violates its policies or the Contract
LinkedIn says it can remove any content or information you shared if it believes the content violates the Professional Community Policies, the Dos and Don'ts or otherwise violates the Contract.
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We can also remove any content or other information you shared if we believe it violates our Professional Community Policies or Dos and Don’ts or otherwise violates this Contract
Qualifications & exceptions
Based on LinkedIn's belief that a violation exists.
LinkedIn reserves its intellectual property rights and trademarks
LinkedIn reserves all its intellectual property rights in the Services. Third-party trademarks and logos used with the Services belong to their owners, and LinkedIn's “in” logos, name and other marks are LinkedIn's trademarks or registered trademarks.
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LinkedIn reserves all of its intellectual property rights in the Services.
Trademarks and logos used in connection with the Services are the trademarks of their respective owners.
LinkedIn, and “in” logos and other LinkedIn trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used for our Services are trademarks or registered trademarks of LinkedIn
Your data is used to recommend connections, content, jobs and ads
LinkedIn says it uses the data you provide and data it has about Members and content to recommend connections, content, ads and features, and to order information in a more relevant way. Examples include recommending jobs to you and you to recruiters and organizing your feed. The agreement says keeping your profile accurate and up to date helps make recommendations more accurate.
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We use the data and other information that you provide and that we have about Members and content on the Services to make recommendations for connections, content, ads, and features that may be useful to you.
to recommend and to present information to you in an order that may be more relevant for you
that data and information may be used to recommend jobs to you and you to recruiters and to organize content in your feed
Keeping your profile accurate and up to date helps us to make these recommendations more accurate and relevant.
Generative AI features: output may be wrong; you must review it
You may interact with features that automate content generation. The agreement says generated content might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading or unsuitable for your purposes, asks you to review and edit it before sharing, and says you are responsible for ensuring it complies with the Professional Community Policies. The Services may also include content automatically generated using tools from LinkedIn or others, and you should carefully review it before relying on it, whether or not it is labeled as AI.
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features we offer that automate content generation for you
The content that is generated might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading or not suitable for your purposes. Please review and edit such content before sharing with others.
you are responsible for ensuring it complies with our Professional Community Policies
The Services may include content automatically generated and shared using tools offered by LinkedIn or others off LinkedIn.
be sure to carefully review before relying on it
Not stated here
This section does not say whether member content is used to develop these features; the Privacy Policy was not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Services provided “as is”; you must verify accuracy and fitness
LinkedIn and its Affiliates make no representation or warranty about the Services, including that they will be uninterrupted or error-free, and provide them, including content, output and information, on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law they disclaim implied or statutory warranties. If you plan to use content, output or information, you are responsible for verifying its accuracy and fitness for your purposes.
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LINKEDIN AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY ABOUT THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES (INCLUDING CONTENT, OUTPUT AND INFORMATION) ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, LINKEDIN AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY
it is your responsibility to verify its accuracy and fitness for your purposes
Qualifications & exceptions
Disclaimer of implied or statutory warranties applies to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Excludes lost profits and indirect damages; caps liability by fees or US $1000
To the fullest extent permitted by law, and unless a separate written agreement overrides the Contract, LinkedIn and its Affiliates will not be liable for lost profits or business opportunities, reputation, loss of data, or indirect, incidental, consequential, special or punitive damages. Separately, they will not be liable for any amount exceeding (A) the total fees paid or payable by you for the Services during the term of the Contract, if any, or (B) US $1000. The text does not say which figure applies if they differ.
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW (AND UNLESS LINKEDIN HAS ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT OVERRIDES THIS CONTRACT), LINKEDIN AND ITS AFFILIATES, WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONTRACT FOR LOST PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION (E.G., OFFENSIVE OR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS), LOSS OF DATA
OR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONTRACT FOR ANY AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS (A) THE TOTAL FEES PAID OR PAYABLE BY YOU TO LINKEDIN FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT, IF ANY, OR (B) US $1000
Qualifications & exceptions
Subject to the exclusions in the next sections for injury, fraud, gross negligence, intentional misconduct and certain material-obligation breaches.
Not stated here
The text does not state whether the cap is the greater or lesser of (A) and (B).
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Liability limits apply to all types of claims, even if damage was foreseeable
The Section 4 limitations of liability are described as part of the basis of the bargain and apply to all claims, such as warranty, tort, negligence, contract and law, even if LinkedIn or its affiliates has been told of possible damage and even if remedies fail their essential purpose.
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The limitations of liability in this Section 4 are part of the basis of the bargain between you and LinkedIn and shall apply to all claims of liability (e.g., warranty, tort, negligence, contract and law) even if LinkedIn or its affiliates has been told of the possibility of any such damage, and even if these remedies fail their essential purpose.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Liability limits don’t apply to injury, fraud, gross negligence or intent
The limitations do not apply to liability for death or personal injury, fraud, gross negligence or intentional misconduct, or in cases of negligence where a material obligation has been breached. A material obligation is one that forms a prerequisite to delivery of the Services and on which you may reasonably rely, and that exception applies only to damages directly caused by the breach, foreseeable at the time of the Contract and typical in its context.
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THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY DO NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY OR FOR FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT, OR IN CASES OF NEGLIGENCE, WHERE A MATERIAL OBLIGATION HAS BEEN BREACHED.
A MATERIAL OBLIGATION BEING AN OBLIGATION WHICH FORMS A PREREQUISITE TO OUR DELIVERY OF SERVICES AND ON WHICH YOU MAY REASONABLY RELY, BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DAMAGES WERE DIRECTLY CAUSED BY THE BREACH AND WERE FORESEEABLE UPON CONCLUSION OF THIS CONTRACT AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE TYPICAL IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS CONTRACT
Qualifications & exceptions
The material-obligation exception is limited to directly caused, foreseeable and typical damages.
Either side may end the Contract at any time with notice
Both you and LinkedIn may terminate the Contract at any time with notice to the other. On termination you lose the right to access or use the Services. The agreement points to the Help Center for how to close your account.
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Both you and LinkedIn may terminate this Contract at any time with notice to the other. On termination, you lose the right to access or use the Services.
You can visit our Help Center to learn about how to close your account
Surviving termination are LinkedIn's rights to use and disclose your feedback, Section 3 (subject to 3.1.1), Sections 4, 6, 7 and 8.2, and any amounts either party owed before termination.
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The following shall survive termination:
Our rights to use and disclose your feedback;
Section 3 (subject to 3.1.1);
Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8.2 of this Contract; and
Any amounts owed by either party prior to termination remain owed after termination.
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Disputes go to California or Dublin courts depending on where you live
The agreement says that, depending on where you live, you and LinkedIn agree to resolve disputes in California courts under California law, Dublin, Ireland courts under Irish law, or as otherwise provided in the section.
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you and LinkedIn agree to resolve it in California courts using California law, Dublin, Ireland courts using Irish law, or as otherwise provided in this section
Designated Countries: Irish law and habitual-residence courts
For users in the Designated Countries, Irish law governs claims related to LinkedIn's provision of the Services, without depriving you of mandatory consumer protections under the law of the country to which LinkedIn directs the Services where you habitually reside. You and LinkedIn agree to the courts of that country for disputes, or in the alternative you may choose the responsible court in Ireland. Business users under Article 6(12) of the EU Digital Markets Act may also use an alternative dispute resolution mechanism in the Help Center for disputes under that Article.
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If you live in the Designated Countries, the laws of Ireland govern all claims related to LinkedIn's provision of the Services, but this shall not deprive you of the mandatory consumer protections under the law of the country to which we direct your Services where you have habitual residence.
you and LinkedIn agree to choose the courts of the country to which we direct your Services where you have habitual residence for all disputes arising out of or relating to this User Agreement, or in the alternative, you may choose the responsible court in Ireland
If you are a business user within the scope of Article 6(12) of the EU Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) and have a dispute arising out of or in connection with Article 6(12) of the DMA, you may also utilize the alternative dispute resolution mechanism available in the Help Center
“Designated Countries” to refer to countries in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies only to users who live in the EU, EEA or Switzerland.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Outside Designated Countries: California law and Santa Clara County courts only
For others outside the Designated Countries, including people who live outside the United States, you and LinkedIn agree that California law, excluding conflict-of-laws rules, exclusively governs any dispute relating to the Contract or Services. All claims and disputes can be litigated only in federal or state courts in Santa Clara County, California, and each side agrees to personal jurisdiction there.
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For others outside of Designated Countries, including those who live outside of the United States
the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of laws rules, shall exclusively govern any dispute relating to this Contract and/or the Services
all claims and disputes can be litigated only in the federal or state courts in Santa Clara County, California, USA, and you and LinkedIn each agree to personal jurisdiction in those courts
“Designated Countries” to refer to countries in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to users outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland.
If a court finds a term unenforceable, it should modify it or remove it
If a court with authority finds any part unenforceable, you and LinkedIn agree the court should modify it to make it enforceable while achieving its intent. If the court cannot do that, you agree to ask the court to remove the unenforceable part and still enforce the rest.
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If a court with authority over this Contract finds any part of it unenforceable, you and we agree that the court should modify the terms to make that part enforceable while still achieving its intent.
you and we agree to ask the court to remove that unenforceable part and still enforce the rest of this Contract
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
This Contract is the entire agreement, including feature-specific terms
The Contract, including additional terms LinkedIn may provide when you engage with a feature of the Services, is described as the only agreement between you and LinkedIn regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements for the Services.
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This Contract (including additional terms that may be provided by us when you engage with a feature of the Services) is the only agreement between us regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements for the Services.
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Additional feature-specific terms are not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
LinkedIn may assign the Contract freely; you need its consent to assign
If LinkedIn does not enforce a breach, that does not waive its right to enforce the Contract. You may not assign or transfer the Contract or your membership without LinkedIn's consent, but LinkedIn may assign it to its affiliates or a party that buys it without your consent. There are no third-party beneficiaries.
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If we don't act to enforce a breach of this Contract, that does not mean that LinkedIn has waived its right to enforce this Contract.
You may not assign or transfer this Contract (or your membership or use of Services) to anyone without our consent.
LinkedIn may assign this Contract to its affiliates or a party that buys it without your consent
There are no third-party beneficiaries to this Contract.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Legal notices to LinkedIn must go to its listed addresses
You agree the only way to provide LinkedIn legal notice is at the addresses provided in Section 10. For general inquiries you may contact LinkedIn online; for legal notices or service of process you may write to the listed addresses.
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You agree that the only way to provide us legal notice is at the addresses provided in Section 10.
For general inquiries, you may contact us online
For legal notices or service of process, you may write us at these
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The addresses are on a linked page that was not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Dos and Don’ts and Community Policies limit what you can do
LinkedIn describes itself as a community of professionals. The list of Dos and Don'ts, together with the Professional Community Policies, limits what you can and cannot do on the Services, unless LinkedIn explicitly permits otherwise in a separate writing, such as a research agreement.
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This list of “Dos and Don’ts” along with our Professional Community Policies limits what you can and cannot do on our Services
unless otherwise explicitly permitted by LinkedIn in a separate writing (e.g., through a research agreement)
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The Professional Community Policies were not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Follow laws, give accurate identity details, use your real name
You agree to comply with all applicable laws, including privacy, intellectual property, anti-spam and export control laws and laws governing shared content, to provide accurate contact and identity information and keep it updated, to use your real name on your profile, and to use the Services in a professional manner.
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Comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, export control laws, laws governing the content shared, and other applicable laws and regulatory requirements
Provide accurate contact and identity information to us and keep it updated
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
No false identities, profiles for others, or using another person’s account
You agree not to create a false identity, misrepresent your identity, create a Member profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person), or use or attempt to use another's account, such as by sharing login credentials or copying cookies.
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Create a false identity on LinkedIn, misrepresent your identity, create a Member profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person), or use or attempt to use another’s account (such as sharing log-in credentials or copying cookies)
No scraping, crawlers, bots or automated access or engagement
You agree not to develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots or other means, such as crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons, to scrape or copy the Services, including profiles and other data. You also agree not to use bots or other unauthorized automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts, send or redirect messages, create, comment on, like or share posts, or drive inauthentic engagement.
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Develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots or any other means or processes (such as crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons or any other technology) to scrape or copy the Services, including profiles and other data from the Services
Use bots or other unauthorized automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts, send or redirect messages, create, comment on, like, share, or re-share posts, or otherwise drive inauthentic engagement
No bypassing security or limits, harmful code, or unreasonable load
You agree not to override security features or bypass or circumvent access controls or use limits, post software viruses, worms or other harmful code, or interfere with the operation of or place an unreasonable load on the Services, for example through spam, denial of service attacks, viruses or manipulating algorithms.
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Override any security feature or bypass or circumvent any access controls or use limits of the Services (such as search results, profiles, or videos)
Post (or otherwise share) anything that contains software viruses, worms, or any other harmful code
Interfere with the operation of, or place an unreasonable load on, the Services (e.g., spam, denial of service attack, viruses, manipulating algorithms)
No copying or distributing Services information without owner consent
You agree not to copy, use, display or distribute information, including content, obtained from the Services, whether directly or through third parties such as search tools, data aggregators or brokers, without the consent of the content owner, such as LinkedIn for content it owns.
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Copy, use, display or distribute any information (including content) obtained from the Services, whether directly or through third parties (such as search tools or data aggregators or brokers), without the consent of the content owner (such as LinkedIn for content it owns)
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
No disclosing information you lack consent to disclose
You agree not to disclose information you do not have consent to disclose, such as confidential information of others, including your employer.
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Disclose information that you do not have the consent to disclose (such as confidential information of others (including your employer)
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No violating others’ intellectual property rights
You agree not to violate others' intellectual property rights, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights. The example given is not copying or distributing others' posts or content without permission, other than through available sharing functionality; permission may be given by posting under a Creative Commons license.
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Violate the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights.
do not copy or distribute (except through the available sharing functionality) the posts or other content of others without their permission, which they may give by posting under a Creative Commons license
No violating LinkedIn’s IP or misusing its name and logos
You agree not to violate LinkedIn's intellectual property or other rights, including copying or distributing its learning videos or other materials, copying or distributing its technology unless released under open source licenses, or using the word “LinkedIn” or its logos in any business name, email or URL except as provided in the Brand Guidelines.
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Violate the intellectual property or other rights of LinkedIn, including, without limitation, (i) copying or distributing our learning videos or other materials, (ii) copying or distributing our technology, unless it is released under open source licenses; or (iii) using the word “LinkedIn” or our logos in any business name, email, or URL except as provided in the Brand Guidelines
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
No implying LinkedIn affiliation or endorsement
You agree not to imply or state that you are affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn without its express consent, for example by representing yourself as an accredited LinkedIn trainer.
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Imply or state that you are affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn without our express consent (e.g., representing yourself as an accredited LinkedIn trainer)
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No reverse engineering, reselling, framing, overlays or deep-linking
Without LinkedIn's consent where stated, you agree not to reverse engineer or decompile the Services or related non-open-source technology, rent, lease, sell or otherwise monetize the Services or related data or access, deep-link to the Services other than to promote your profile or a Group, frame or mirror the Services, or overlay or modify their appearance, including hiding or covering an advertisement.
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Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Services or any related technology that is not open source
Rent, lease, loan, trade, sell/re-sell or otherwise monetize the Services or related data or access to the same, without LinkedIn’s consent
Deep-link to our Services for any purpose other than to promote your profile or a Group on our Services, without LinkedIn’s consent
Engage in “framing”, “mirroring”, or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Services
Overlay or otherwise modify the Services or their appearance (such as by inserting elements into the Services or removing, covering, or obscuring an advertisement included on the Services)
Qualifications & exceptions
Consent language appears on some items (monetizing, deep-linking) but not all.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Must follow Community Policies and feature-specific terms
You agree not to violate the Professional Community Policies, certain third-party terms where applicable, or any additional terms for a specific Service that are provided when you sign up for or start using it.
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Violate the Professional Community Policies, certain third party terms where applicable, or any additional terms concerning a specific Service that are provided when you sign up for or start using such Service
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The Professional Community Policies, third-party terms and feature-specific terms were not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
No unlawful, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent use
You agree not to use the Services to do anything unlawful, misleading, discriminatory, fraudulent or deceitful, including manipulated media that wrongfully depicts a person saying or doing something they did not say or do.
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Use our Services to do anything that is unlawful, misleading, discriminatory, fraudulent or deceitful (e.g. manipulated media that wrongfully depicts a person saying or doing something they did not say or do)
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
No misuse of reporting or appeals, such as duplicative or fraudulent reports
You agree not to misuse LinkedIn's reporting or appeals process, including by submitting duplicative, fraudulent or unfounded reports, complaints or appeals.
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Misuse our reporting or appeals process, including by submitting duplicative, fraudulent or unfounded reports, complaints or appeals.
Reporting content; LinkedIn may remove or restrict content, features or accounts
LinkedIn asks you to report content you believe violates your rights, its Professional Community Policies, the Contract or the law. To the extent it can under law, it may remove or restrict access to content, features, services or information, including if it believes that is reasonably necessary to avoid harm to LinkedIn or others, because it violates the law, or to prevent misuse. It reserves the right to act against serious violations, including account restrictions for significant violations.
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We ask that you report content and other information that you believe violates your rights (including intellectual property rights), our Professional Community Policies or otherwise violates this Contract or the law
To the extent we can under law, we may remove or restrict access to content, features, services, or information, including if we believe that it’s reasonably necessary to avoid harm to LinkedIn or others, violates the law or is reasonably necessary to prevent misuse of our Services.
We reserve the right to take action against serious violations of this Contract, including by implementing account restrictions for significant violations.
LinkedIn has a policy and process for copyright and trademark complaints
LinkedIn says it respects others' intellectual property rights and requires information shared by Members to be accurate and not to violate third parties' intellectual property or other rights. It provides a policy and process for complaints about content shared, and trademarks used, by Members.
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We respect the intellectual property rights of others.
We require that information shared by Members be accurate and not in violation of the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties.
for complaints concerning content shared, and/or
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The Copyright Policy and trademark process were not supplied.