Data Report Card · LinkedIn
LinkedIn Data Report Card
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§ Enforcement action
Data
Practices
Practices
2Access2Portability2Friction2Deletion1Sells1Trains AI
=
C
§
8/12
Agent
Readiness
Readiness
2Access
2Portability
1API access
=
B
5/6
Agent Readiness is a derived signal — a synthesis of two existing cells (Access, Portability) plus one sourced factor (API access), not an independently measured grade. API access scale: Best (2) consumer-grantable API · Moderate (1) partial / encumbered · Restrictive (0) manual export only. What is Agent Readiness?
§ This grade reflects a 2-point deduction (severity 1) for a verified regulatory action: 10/12 on data practices − 2 = 8/12 → C. The enforcement record is below.
Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from LinkedIn's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
Self-serve Get a copy of your data in Settings lets members pick from 50+ categories or a full archive; no fee (desktop only).
LinkedIn — Download your account data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Portabilitystated
Full archive is delivered as a ZIP of structured
LinkedIn — Download your account data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗CSV and JSON files (connections, messages, activity).2Frictionstated
Fast self-serve: a single data category arrives by email within minutes, the full archive within 24 hours; link valid 72 hours.
LinkedIn — Download your account data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Deletionstated
Self-serve account closure in Settings with a 14-day grace period to reverse; backup deletion completes thereafter, with some data retained for legal/billing compliance.
LinkedIn — Close and delete your LinkedIn account · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Sells / sharesstated
LinkedIn states it does not share personal data with non-affiliated advertisers except hashed IDs/device identifiers, data shared with permission, or already-public profile data, and offers ad-targeting opt-outs; the policy does not explicitly confirm honoring GPC.
LinkedIn — Privacy Policy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Trains AIstated
Following the 2024 controversy, LinkedIn trains content-generating AI on profile + public-post data by default (opt-out); a real opt-out toggle exists but does not reverse training already done.
LinkedIn — Update to our Terms and data use · accessed Jun 2026 ↗§Enforcement action — deducts 2 points (severity 1); data practices without the penalty scored B (10/12)verified
Ireland's DPC fined LinkedIn €310 million in October 2024 for processing members' personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted advertising without a valid lawful basis.
Irish Data Protection Commission · 24 Oct 2024 ↗1API access — feeds Agent Readiness, not the /12stated
LinkedIn's Member Data Portability API lets a member create a developer app and use OAuth (scope
LinkedIn — Member Data Portability (Member API) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗r_dma_portability_self_serve) to fetch their own profile, posts and a 28-day changelog; access is currently limited to members in the EU/EEA and Switzerland.LinkedIn (a Microsoft subsidiary) leads on access, portability, friction and deletion with a fast self-serve CSV/JSON archive and 14-day-grace closure, but loses points on ad-related data sharing without an explicit GPC commitment and its 2024-controversy AI-training-by-default posture where opt-out is real but not retroactive and varies by region. Source-verified Jun 2026; all cells stated (read from published policy/support docs), none yet tested via live export.
How to request your data from LinkedIn
- Go to https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/download-my-data — LinkedIn's data-request entry point.
- Settings & Privacy → Data Privacy → Get a copy of your data.
- Expected wait: minutes for one category; within 24 hours for the full archive — LinkedIn's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
These steps reflect LinkedIn's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.