Tech
50
out of 100. Number 212 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where LinkedIn does well
- Arbitration 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- No forced arbitration at all.
Your dead card is still alive to them; they’ll dip into your backup card unasked.
The fine print
5 clauses and findings from the draft archive, dated 1 October 2026. The plain English comes first; the small print is the company's own words. None of these has been checked yet.
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Your dead card is still alive to them; they’ll dip into your backup card unasked.
We may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g., credit card), even after it has expired… If your primary payment method fails, we may automatically charge a secondary payment method.
LinkedIn User Agreement §2.3 · linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement
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Your profile feeds LinkedIn/Microsoft AI unless you hunt down the buried toggle; opting out doesn’t un-train what’s absorbed.
We may use your personal data to improve, develop, and provide products and Services, develop and train artificial intelligence (AI) models…
LinkedIn Privacy Policy §2 · linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
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Career posts written for networking double as ad-targeting fuel for Microsoft.
Data may be shared with affiliates “including Microsoft” — public posts “to provide or develop their services” and personal data “to improve, provide or develop their advertising services.”
LinkedIn Privacy Policy §3.4
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Closing your account doesn’t claw back anything sublicensed or copied.
“worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use… your content… without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you,” surviving termination.
LinkedIn User Agreement §3.1
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They can change the deal without telling you; your silence is a signature.
“Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes… means that you are consenting” — and “we may not always provide prior notice of changes.”
LinkedIn User Agreement §1.3