Overview
- Effective November 3, LinkedIn has activated a default setting that uses members’ public profile information and public content to train its generative AI in the European Union.
- The rollout now covers the EU as well as the UK, Switzerland, Canada and Hong Kong, expanding a policy already live in the United States.
- Data included spans profile fields, public posts and comments, saved CVs, search history, videos and job‑search actions, while private messages, login identifiers and salary data are excluded.
- LinkedIn says the goal is to improve recommendations, assist recruiters and help members create content, and it trains models using Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI technology.
- Members can disable the feature in Preferences & Privacy under Data privacy by unchecking “Data for generative AI improvement,” with opt‑out available at any time; minors are not included.