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LinkedIn to Scrape User Data for AI Training

10/28/2025

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LinkedIn will start scraping user data from the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong on November 3, 2025, to train its AI models.
The data collection will include profile details and public posts, excluding private messages.
Users can opt out through the Settings > Data Privacy section, including disabling advertising data sharing with Microsoft.
Users have one week to make these changes before data collection begins.
This update follows a lawsuit concerning the use of private messages for AI training.

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LinkedIn will start scraping user data from the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong on November 3, 2025, to train its AI models.
The data collection will include profile details and public posts, excluding private messages.
Users can opt out through the Settings > Data Privacy section, including disabling advertising data sharing with Microsoft.
Users have one week to make these changes before data collection begins.
This update follows a lawsuit concerning the use of private messages for AI training.