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by elleferrer 4656 days ago
Here's my 2 cents... maybe they'll settle and walk away with some cash. I too would love to see the evidence of this presented.

In today's world - individuals' data is the digital goldmine for any company.

LinkedIn is a publicly traded company (LNKD), like any publicly traded company their main goal would be profits, plus assets like customer data, etc.

This info can be seen in their financial statements: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CI...

Nowadays it's common practice for our digital footprints and identities to be designed/built/directed so that before we can gain access to a company's services, data or content that we would need to read and agree to the terms & conditions and the privacy policies, etc.

This info can be seen in LinkedIn's:

Terms and Conditions http://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement?trk=hb_ft_usera...

Privacy Policy http://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement?trk=hb_ft_usera...

Cookie Policy http://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy?trk=hb_ft_cookie

What, you mean I'm supposed to read those things? Yes.

1 comments

Where is the phrase "identity fraud" agreed to? That is more the line that seems up for debate. Also, LinkedIn forces changes onto otherwise grandfathered accounts (LFN). If you don't actively delete your page, you agree to whatever the worst case is under new terms.