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

# LinkedIn

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

Professional networks · UK

## The clause

> You can opt out from our use of data from cookies and similar technologies that track your behavior on the sites of others for ad targeting and other ad-related purposes.

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

## How this grade was reached

- Base grade B, from what refusing costs you.
- Final grade B.

## The three axes

### What refusing costs you

Finding: A setting, depth unverified.

> You can opt out from our use of data from cookies and similar technologies that track your behavior on the sites of others for ad targeting and other ad-related purposes.

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

### Who receives you

Finding: Named third parties.
Categories: Affiliates, including Microsoft, Advertising partners, Vendors and publishers.

> We do not share your personal data with any non-Affiliated third-party advertisers or ad networks except for: (i) hashed IDs or device identifiers (to the extent they are personal data in some countries); (ii) with your separate permission (e.g., in a lead generation form) or (iii) data already visible to any users of the Services (e.g., profile).

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

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 6 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 binds a device or your account
- Not stated: Whether it expires

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