You are entering into this Contract with LinkedIn (also referred to as “we” and “us”)
We use the term “Designated Countries” to refer to countries in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland
If you reside in the “Designated Countries”, you are entering into this Contract with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (“LinkedIn Ireland”) and LinkedIn Ireland will be the controller of your personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services
If you reside outside of the “Designated Countries”, you are entering into this Contract with LinkedIn Corporation (“LinkedIn Corp
”) and LinkedIn Corp
will be the controller of your personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services
This Contract applies to Members and Visitors
1.2 Members and Visitors
When you register and join the LinkedIn Services, you become a Member
If you have chosen not to register for our Services, you may access certain features as a “Visitor
”
We may make changes to the Contract
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- Obligations
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- 1 Service Eligibility
Here are some promises that you make to us in this Contract:
You’re eligible to enter into this Contract and you are at least our “Minimum Age
- ”
The Services are not for use by anyone under the age of 16
- To use the Services, you agree that: (1) you must be the "Minimum Age"(described below) or older; (2) you will only have one LinkedIn account, which must be in your real name; and (3) you are not already restricted by LinkedIn from using the Services
- Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or persons under the age of 16
- “Minimum Age” means 16 years old
- However, if law requires that you must be older in order for LinkedIn to lawfully provide the Services to you without parental consent (including using of your personal data) then the Minimum Age is such older age
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- 2 Your Account
You will keep your password a secret
You will not share an account with anyone else and will follow our rules and the law
- Members are account holders
- You agree to: (1) use a strong password and keep it confidential; (2) not transfer any part of your account (e
- g
- , connections) and (3) follow the law and our list of Dos and Don’ts and Professional Community Policies
- You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse
- As between you and others (including your employer), your account belongs to you
- However, if the Services were purchased by another party for you to use (e
- g
- Recruiter seat bought by your employer), the party paying for such Service has the right to control access to and get reports on your use of such paid Service; however, they do not have rights to your personal account
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- 3 Payment
You’ll honor your payment obligations and you are okay with us storing your payment information
- You understand that there may be fees and taxes that are added to our prices
- Refunds are subject to our policy
- If you buy any of our paid Services (“Premium Services”), you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes and to additional terms specific to the paid Services
- Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services
- Also, you agree that:
Your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location (e
- g
- exchange rates)
- We may store and continue billing your payment method (e
- g
- credit card) even after it has expired, to avoid interruptions in your Services and to use to pay other Services you may buy
- If you purchase a subscription, your payment method automatically will be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period
- To avoid future charges, cancel before the renewal date
- Learn how to cancel or suspend your Premium Services
- All of your purchases of Services are subject to LinkedIn’s refund policy
- We may calculate taxes payable by you based on the billing information that you provide us at the time of purchase
- You can get a copy of your invoice through your LinkedIn account settings under “Purchase History”
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- 4 Notices and Messages
You’re okay with us providing notices and messages to you through our websites, apps, and contact information
- If your contact information is out of date, you may miss out on important notices
- You agree that we will provide notices and messages to you in the following ways: (1) within the Service, or (2) sent to the contact information you provided us (e
- g
- , email, mobile number, physical address)
- You agree to keep your contact information up to date
- Please review your settings to control and limit messages you receive from us
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- 5 Sharing
When you share information on our Services, others can see, copy and use that information
- Our Services allow messaging and sharing of information in many ways, such as your profile, articles, group posts, links to news articles, job postings, messages and InMails
- Information and content that you share or post may be seen by other Members, Visitors or others (including off of the Services)
- Where we have made settings available, we will honor the choices you make about who can see content or information (e
- g
- , message content to your addressees, sharing content only to LinkedIn connections, restricting your profile visibility from search engines, or opting not to notify others of your LinkedIn profile update)
- For job searching activities, we default to not notifying your connections network or the public
- So, if you apply for a job through our Service or opt to signal that you are interested in a job, our default is to share it only with the job poster
- We are not obligated to publish any information or content on our Service and can remove it with or without notice
- Key terms
Here are some promises that you make to us in this Contract:
You’re eligible to enter into this Contract and you are at least our “Minimum Age
”
The Services are not for use by anyone under the age of 16
To use the Services, you agree that: (1) you must be the "Minimum Age"(described below) or older; (2) you will only have one LinkedIn account, which must be in your real name; and (3) you are not already restricted by LinkedIn from using the Services
Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or persons under the age of 16
“Minimum Age” means 16 years old
However, if law requires that you must be older in order for LinkedIn to lawfully provide the Services to you without parental consent (including using of your personal data) then the Minimum Age is such older age
You will keep your password a secret
You will not share an account with anyone else and will follow our rules and the law
Members are account holders
You agree to: (1) use a strong password and keep it confidential; (2) not transfer any part of your account (e
g
, connections) and (3) follow the law and our list of Dos and Don’ts and Professional Community Policies
You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse
As between you and others (including your employer), your account belongs to you
However, if the Services were purchased by another party for you to use (e
g
Recruiter seat bought by your employer), the party paying for such Service has the right to control access to and get reports on your use of such paid Service; however, they do not have rights to your personal account
You’ll honor your payment obligations and you are okay with us storing your payment information
You understand that there may be fees and taxes that are added to our prices
Refunds are subject to our policy
If you buy any of our paid Services (“Premium Services”), you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes and to additional terms specific to the paid Services
Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services
Also, you agree that:
- Your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location (e
- g
- exchange rates)
- We may store and continue billing your payment method (e
- g
- credit card) even after it has expired, to avoid interruptions in your Services and to use to pay other Services you may buy
- If you purchase a subscription, your payment method automatically will be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period
- To avoid future charges, cancel before the renewal date
- Learn how to cancel or suspend your Premium Services
- All of your purchases of Services are subject to LinkedIn’s refund policy
- We may calculate taxes payable by you based on the billing information that you provide us at the time of purchase
You can get a copy of your invoice through your LinkedIn account settings under “Purchase History”
2.4 Notices and Messages
You’re okay with us providing notices and messages to you through our websites, apps, and contact information
If your contact information is out of date, you may miss out on important notices