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by kiallmacinnes 2718 days ago
C&D letters are written by lawyers. They don't appeal to your empathy over the PII of other users, they state facts and appeal to the legal standing LinkedIn (or $company...) has over the data being used.

That said, I have no idea of the reasons LinkedIn sent you a C&D. It could well be any of the proposed options, or something else entirely. I'm just highlighting that the language in a C&D will rarely give any indication of intent, at least not "well written" ones anyway.