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What LinkedIn's terms say

C privacy grade · linkedin.com · Social & messaging

LinkedIn's terms of service and privacy policy have 20 rated points: 0 serious, 4 bad, 11 worth knowing and 5 good. 10 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 10 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use LinkedIn

Bad 2

  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

Worth knowing 5

  • First-party cookies are used

  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

  • Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header

    This service ignores the Do Not Track (DNT) header and tracks users anyway even if they set this header.

    Where it says this ↗

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

  • The terms may be changed at any time, but you will receive notification of the changes

Good 3

  • No need to register

  • You can opt out of targeted advertising

  • The service will resist legal requests for your information where reasonably possible

With an account

If you have a LinkedIn account

Bad 2

  • Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication

    Where it says this ↗

  • You must provide your legal name, pseudonyms are not allowed

Worth knowing 6

  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

    This service is only available to users over a 16 years old

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

  • Banned users are prohibited from creating a new account

  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

  • You authorise the service to charge a credit card supplied on re-occurring basis

  • Alternative accounts are not allowed

Good 2

  • You have the right to leave this service at any time

  • You are informed about the risk of publishing personal info online

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.