---
title: "LinkedIn (US): what refusing costs you"
url: "https://isitsellingme.com/entity/linkedin-us/"
grade: "C"
category: "Professional networks"
last_checked: "2026-09-21"
---

# LinkedIn (US)

**Grade C.** What refusing costs you: A setting, depth unverified.

Professional networks · US

## The clause

> If you are a LinkedIn member, click here to opt out of sharing. Guests can opt out by visiting guest controls.

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/california-privacy-disclosure, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/linkedin-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

## How this grade was reached

- Base grade B, from what refusing costs you.
- −1: Recipients are sold to, or described only by category rather than named.
- Final grade C.

## The three axes

### What refusing costs you

Finding: A setting, depth unverified.
The way to refuse: Member settings (opt out of sharing); guest controls for non-members; Global Privacy Control honoured

> If you are a LinkedIn member, click here to opt out of sharing. Guests can opt out by visiting guest controls.

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/california-privacy-disclosure, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/linkedin-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Who receives you

Finding: Categories only.
Categories: Partners 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.

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/california-privacy-disclosure, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/linkedin-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 5 points about what the refusal covers.
- Not stated: Whether it applies to data already collected
- Not stated: Whether it covers in-store purchases
- Not stated: Whether it covers data bought about you
- Not stated: Whether it covers profiles inferred about you
- Not stated: Whether it expires

> As described above, LinkedIn members can opt out of "sharing" by visiting member settings here, and guests can opt out by using guest controls.

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/california-privacy-disclosure, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/linkedin-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

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Page: https://isitsellingme.com/entity/linkedin-us/
How grades work: https://isitsellingme.com/methodology/
Last checked: 21 September 2026