{"id":13205,"date":"2025-11-03T11:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yiaho.com\/how-can-you-stop-linkedin-from-using-your-data-to-train-its-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:08:16","slug":"how-can-you-stop-linkedin-from-using-your-data-to-train-its-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yiaho.com\/en\/how-can-you-stop-linkedin-from-using-your-data-to-train-its-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you stop LinkedIn from using your data to train its AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To feed their artificial intelligence, tech giants keep tapping into the vast resources provided by their users. For example, Meta recently set up a system to collect user data. The Yiaho team also published an article explaining how to stop Meta from taking your data for its AI<\/a>. <\/p>\n

LinkedIn, the professional platform owned by Microsoft, has also incorporated European members\u2019 personal information into the development of its generative AI technologies.<\/p>\n

As of today, November 3, 2025, this practice has taken effect without seeking clear prior consent from those concerned. The company cites a questionable legal basis\u2014legitimate interest, permitted by the GDPR\u2014but users fortunately have a simple way to opt out. <\/p>\n

LinkedIn AI: What information is affected?<\/h2>\n

LinkedIn doesn\u2019t stop at basic details. The platform uses your entire profile: your identity, your photo, your current job, your degrees, your listed skills, and even your location. <\/p>\n

It goes further by incorporating everything you\u2019ve shared\u2014whether short posts, in-depth articles, or reactions under other people\u2019s posts.<\/p>\n

Your browsing history doesn\u2019t escape this collection either: the feeds you scroll through, the profiles you view, the videos you watch, your job-search queries. Added to that are technical details like your IP address or your device identifier. <\/p>\n

Finally, all your exchanges with built-in AI features\u2014such as questions asked to the virtual assistant\u2014are also sucked in. By passively accepting, since this option is enabled by default, you give up part of your intellectual capital! Your professional thoughts, shared strategies, and original concepts are used to enrich a system whose commercial applications are completely out of your hands, without any financial compensation. <\/p>\n

Also read on this topic: AI and Meta: a formal notice over the use of user data<\/a><\/p>\n

How can you stop LinkedIn from using your data for its generative AI?<\/h2>\n

Fortunately, it\u2019s easy to take back control of your data. For a solid barrier, two complementary steps are needed, and they take just a few minutes. <\/p>\n

Step 1: Change your account\u2019s internal settings<\/h3>\n