45 ENTITIES TRACKED · 45 COUNTEDLAST BUILD 6 SEPT 2026 · 13:19 UTC
Is It Selling Me?
CGrade C

LinkedIn (US)

Professional networks · US

The clause

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How this grade was reached

  1. BBase grade, from what refusing costs you. The scale.
  2. −1Recipients are sold to, or described only by category rather than named. Rule.

1 modifier applied. Final grade C.

The three axes

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What refusing costs you

What does saying no cost you?

A setting, depth unverified

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Who receives you

Who else receives you, by name?

Categories only

  • CategoriesPartners marketing LinkedIn's services on other platforms, Microsoft (named), for ads shown off LinkedIn, Service providers and related companies

We may share your personal information, including information about your visits to LinkedIn, with our partners in order to market LinkedIn's services to you on other platforms. If you are a member, we may also share your personal information with Microsoft to personalize the ads they show you off of LinkedIn.

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Whether the refusal covers everything

Does the refusal actually cover everything?

5 gaps in what the refusal covers.

  • GapDoes not apply to data already collected
  • GapDoes not cover in-store purchases
  • GapDoes not cover data bought about you
  • GapDoes not cover profiles inferred about you
  • GapExpires and must be renewed

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Who receives you

LinkedIn (US) does not publish a count of who receives this data.

None of the recipients on file are entities this site grades yet. That is a gap in the corpus, not a finding about LinkedIn (US).

Right of reply

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