- Your LinkedIn data will soon be used to train AI unless you manually opt out
- Privacy-conscious members can prevent AI training by changing data settings
- Default on LinkedIn functionality raises concerns about consent and data protection
Back in September 2025, LinkedIn announced plans to start using member profiles, posts, resumes and public activity to train its artificial intelligence models.
The professional networking platform and job site confirmed data from members in the United Kingdom, the European Union, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Canada and Hong Kong will be included.
These changes will come into effect on November 3, 2025 – and will enabled by defaultso what can you do?
Opt out… now
If you don’t want your data used – and why should you? – you will have to manually opt out.
LinkedIn’s support page explains:
“For members in the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Canada and Hong Kong, on 3 November 2025 we will start using some data from members in these regions to train content-generating AI models… We rely on legitimate interest to process your data for this purpose. You can opt-out at any time in your settings if you prefer not to have your data used in this way.”
You can find out more about what LinkedIn intends to do in this FAQ.
The company’s dependence on legitimate interest allows it to activate the feature automatically under data protection law, provided members can opt out.
The setting you need to do this is called Data for generative AI improvementfound below Data protection within How LinkedIn uses your data in account settings. Click here.
Opting out will prevent LinkedIn from using data collected after the change takes effect, but any information collected before that date will remain in the AI training environment, so you need to act now to prevent that.
If you want to take your objection a step further, you can do so via LinkedIn Objection form for data processing.
The platform notes that this option covers data used to train both content generating and other machine learning models.
LinkedIn says users under 18 will be barred from AI training.
The change is part of Microsoft-owned LinkedIn’s plan to integrate AI into features like job matching and writing suggestions.
This approach follows a broader trend among social media platforms. Meta made a similar move last year for Facebook and Instagram and resumed the practice after regulatory review.
If you are at all concerned about your privacy, checking and changing your settings before November 3, 2025 is the best way to keep your data out of AI training systems.
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