Professional networking platform LinkedIn is making significant changes to how it uses user data, starting November 3, 2025. The Microsoft-owned platform announced an update to its privacy policy, expanding data sharing with its parent company Microsoft and allowing more of its user information to be used for artificial intelligence (AI) training and personalised advertising.

The updated terms state that LinkedIn will use data such as profile details, employment history, educational background, and even public activity on the platform—like posts and comments—to train content-generating AI models. However, the company has assured users that private messages will remain untouched.

In its official update, LinkedIn explained that select user data would help “train content-generating AI model

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