How We Use Your Data You give other data to us, such as by syncing your address book or calendar. We collect personal data from you when you provide, post or upload it to our Services, such as when you fill out a form, (e.g., with demographic data or salary), respond to a survey, or submit a resume. If you opt to import your address book, we receive your contacts (including contact information your service provider(s) or app automatically added to your address book when you communicated with addresses or numbers not already in your list).   If you opt to import your address book, we receive your contacts (including contact information your service provider(s) or app automatically added to your address book when you communicated with addresses or numbers not already in your list). If you sync your contacts or calendars with our Services, we will collect your address book and calendar meeting information to keep growing your network by suggesting connections for you and others, and by providing information about events, e.g. times, places, attendees and contacts. We receive personal data (including contact information) about you when others import or sync their contacts or calendar with our Services, associate their contacts with Member profiles, scan and upload business cards, or send messages using our Services (including invites or connection requests). If you or others opt-in to sync email accounts with our Services, we will also collect “email header” information that we can associate with Member profiles.  We receive personal data (e.g., your job title and work email address) about you when you use the services of our customers and partners, such as employers or prospective employers and applicant tracking systems providing us job application data. We receive data about you when you use some of the other services provided by us or our affiliatesAffiliates are companies controlling, controlled by or under common control with us, including, for example, LinkedIn Ireland, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Singapore and Microsoft Corporation., including Microsoft. For example, you may choose to send us information about your contacts in Microsoft apps and services, such as Outlook, for improved professional networking activities on our Services. We log usage data when you visit or otherwise use our Services, including our sites, app and platform technology (e.g., our off-site plugins), such as when you view or click on content (e.g., learning video) or ads (on or off our sites and apps), perform a search, install or update one of our mobile apps, share articles or apply for jobs. We use log-ins, cookies, device information and internet protocol (“IP”) addresses to identify you and log your use. We use log-ins, cookies, device information and internet protocol (“IP”) addresses to identify you and log your use. We use the data that we have about you to provide and personalize our Services, including with the help of automated systems and inferences we make, so that our Services (including ads) can be more relevant and useful to you and others. We target (and measure the performance of) ads to Members, Visitors and others both on and off our Services directly or through a variety of partnersPartners include ad networks, exchanges and others, using the following data, whether separately or combined:  Data from advertising technologies on and off our Services, like web beacons, pixels, ad tags, cookies, and device identifiers We also send messages about how to use our Services, network updates, reminders, job suggestions and promotional messages from us and our partners. You may change your communication preferences at any time. We target (and measure the performance of) ads to Members, Visitors and others both on and off our Services directly or through a variety of partners Partners include ad networks, exchanges and others, using the following data, whether separately or combined:  Data from advertising technologies on and off our Services, pixels, ad tags, cookies, and device identifiers; Member-provided information (e.g., profile, contact information, title and industry); Data from your use of our Services (e.g., search history, feed, content you read, who you follow or is following you, connections, groups participation, page visits, videos you watch, clicking on an ad, etc.), including as described in Section 1.3; Partners include ad networks, exchanges and others, using the following data, whether separately or combined:  We use data and content about Members for invitations and communications promoting membership and network growth, engagement and our Services.  MarketingWe promote our Services to you and others. In addition to advertising our Services, we use Members’ data and content for invitations and communications promoting membership and network growth, engagement and our Services, such as by showing your connections that you have used a feature on our Services  We use others to help us provide our Services (e.g., maintenance, analysis, audit, payments, fraud detection, marketing and development).  They will have access to your information as reasonably necessary to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes. They will have access to your information as reasonably necessary to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes. We may need to share your data when we believe it’s required by law or to help protect the rights and safety of you, us or others. It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies. (2) enforce our agreements with you. (3) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations. (4) protect the security or integrity of our Services (such as by sharing with companies facing similar threats). or (5) exercise or protect the rights and safety of LinkedIn, our Members, personnel or others. We attempt to notify Members about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency.  We can also share your personal data as part of a sale, merger or change in control, or in preparation for any of these events. In some cases we choose to retain certain information (e.g., insights about Services use) in a depersonalized or aggregated form. You can access or delete your personal data.  You can ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data (e.g., if it is no longer necessary to provide Services to you). Object to, or Limit or Restrict, Use of Data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data (e.g., if we have no legal right to keep using it) or to limit our use of it (e.g., if your personal data is inaccurate or unlawfully held). We retain your personal data even after you have closed your account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our User Agreement, or fulfill your request to “unsubscribe” from further messages from us. We will retain de-personalized information after your account has been closed. Members may go to their settings to make requests. us for a copy of your personal data and can ask for a copy of personal data you provided in machine readable form. >We keep some of your data even after you close your account. We retain your personal data even after you have closed your account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse (e.g., if we have restricted your account for breach of our Professional Community Policies), enforce our User Agreement, or fulfill your request to "unsubscribe" from further messages from us. We use the term “Designated Countries” to refer to countries in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland and other regions may have more options under their laws 

Summary:
Information is provided about how your personal data is used. The service provides details about what kinds of personal information they collect. This service uses your personal information for many different purposes. App required for this service requires broad device permissions. They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service. Information is gathered about you through third parties. Your profile is combined across various products, including Microsoft Services. This service keeps user logs for an undefined period of time. Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location. You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting. This service may collect, use, and share location data. This service tracks which web page referred you to it. Private messages can be read. Your personal data is used for advertising. The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.. You can opt out of promotional communications. Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising. Many different types of personal data are collected. This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not involved in its operation. Your identity is used in ads that are shown to other users. Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes. Third parties are involved in operating the service. Third parties used by the service are bound by confidentiality obligations. This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation. The service will only respond to government requests that are reasonable. The service promises to inform and/or notify you regarding government inquiries that may involve your personal data. The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.. The service may keep a secure, anonymized record of your data for analytical purposes even after the data retention period. You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data. You can delete your content from this service. You can limit how your information is used by third-parties and the service. This service retains rights to your content even after you stop using your account. This service provides a way for you to export your data. This service holds onto content that you've deleted. Some personal data may be kept after the end of the data retention period or a request for erasure. The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users.