Inferences we make about you

Last updated: 7 months ago

We draw inferences about you based on your profile and interactions with our Services. We use these inferences to personalize our Services for you, such as serving you more relevant content, jobs, and ads. We do not use your profile photo to draw inferences about you.

For example, we may infer:

  • which languages you speak based on the languages of your posts and then suggest jobs requiring those languages
  • your age or gender, based on information in your Profile (we do not use this information to suggest jobs to you). Learn more about how we infer and use this data
  • your interest in a particular industry or topic, such as your interest in Electric Vehicles or Artificial Intelligence
  • your skills, that you are looking for a job, or that you are looking to make a hire
  • what potential actions you may take on LinkedIn, such as whether you are likely to watch or post video content on LinkedIn; or
  • your potential interest in LinkedIn products or Services, such as LinkedIn Premium

In some instances, we rank content more highly in your LinkedIn feed if it relates to a subject that we infer interests you.

You can view and adjust key interests that we have inferred about you using this setting. You can also access additional data that we may have inferred about you. If you have additional questions about the inferences LinkedIn may make about you, please contact us.

To ensure the safety and security of our platform and the data of our members, guests, and customers, LinkedIn does not disclose inferences related to safety and security.