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LinkedIn Wants to Train AI Models on User Data, But This One Step Stops It

LinkedIn Wants to Train AI Models on User Data, But This One Step Stops It

LinkedIn’s updated terms of service will come into effect starting November 3.

Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Ketan Pratap | Updated: 23 September 2025 16:54 IST

LinkedIn Wants to Train AI Models on User Data, But This One Step Stops It

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LinkedIn said it will honour all users’ existing setting choices and will not remove them

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Highlights

The company will collect users’ profile data and public posts
Data from private messages will not be collected for AI training
LinkedIn will also share user data with Microsoft for targeted ads

LinkedIn has updated its terms of conditions to soon start collecting user data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The professional social networking platform said last week that starting November 3, it will begin collecting some user data to improve the models powering the AI features on the platform. Additionally, it will also begin sharing some of the data with Microsoft and other affiliates to allow them to show targeted ads to users. While this raises several data privacy concerns, LinkedIn maintains that users can opt out.

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On its support page, the professional networking platform announced that, starting from November 3, it will begin using some user data to train “content-generating AI models.” LinkedIn said this was being done to “enhance your experience and better connect our members to opportunities.” While data from private messages will not be collected, profile details and public posts will be used to train AI models. The new changes affect users in the European Union countries, the European Economic Area (EEA), Canada, Hong Kong, and Switzerland.

Apart from this, the company is also making changes to how it uses and shares user data with affiliate companies. Affiliates for LinkedIn include all the companies that are related by ownership, such as LinkedIn Ireland and LinkedIn Corp., the parent company Microsoft, and its subsidiaries

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The platform is updating its global privacy policy to expand the types of data that it shares with Microsoft for its ad services. Essentially, the company is saying that user data will be collected so that Microsoft can show them more personalised ads across different channels.

“This data may include your LinkedIn profile data, feed activity data, and ad engagement data; it does not include any data that you do not allow LinkedIn to use for ad purposes,” the company said.

How to Stop LinkedIn from Collecting Your Data

While the updated terms of service will enable the company to collect certain user data, it said that it will honour users' wishes, and if some members do not want LinkedIn to collect the data to either train AI models or get targeted ads, they can opt out.

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To stop LinkedIn from using your data to train AI models, you can click on this link and turn off the toggle. Alternatively, users can tap on their name to open the menu and go to Settings and Privacy and select Data Privacy. There, under the “How LinkedIn uses your data,” go to “Data for Generative AI Improvement,” and toggle it off.

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Similarly, to stop LinkedIn from using your data to show targeted ads, you can either click this link and turn off the toggle. Alternatively, you can go to Settings and Privacy and select Advertising data. At the bottom, you will see the “Off LinkedIn data” menu. Go to “Share data with affiliates and partners” and turn off the toggle.

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Akash Dutta is a Chief Sub Editor at Gadgets 360. He is particularly interested in the social impact of technological developments and loves reading about emerging fields such as AI, metaverse, and fediverse. In his free time, he can be seen supporting his favourite football club - Chelsea, watching movies and anime, and sharing passionate opinions on food. More