atw: Fwd: Privacy settings on Linkedin
- From: Jasmine Andrews <jasminethetrainer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:58:42 +1100
Hi All
I've received an email from a friend warning of some recent changes to
privacy settings on LinkedIn.
It seems to be genuine as I've logged in to the site and found similar
messages when reading through my account settings.
If you're a LinkedIn user you might want to review your own settings and
decide if the changes are acceptable to you or not.
Personally, I get quite annoyed when sites and service introduce changes
quietly that use your personal information and the default settings for the
new features are set for the highest level of sharing rather than the
lowest.
Jasmine
---------- Forwarded message ----------
LinkedIn
*Sue XXXXXX* has sent you a message.
*Date:* 1/16/2012
*Subject:* Privacy settings on Linkedin
Dear all, this is genuine so please read below!
Apologies if you've already seen this but Linkedin have very quietly
introduced some new settings that potentially seriously affect your privacy
and your ability to prevent unwanted emails (spam). These new settings are
defaulted ON and include allowing Linkedin to use profile information,
names and photos in third party advertising. Please see the links below for
opting out. You might want to consider alerting your contacts on Linkedin.
To reach the hard-to-reach settings options the following URL's should take
you directly to them (cut and paste into your browser if they don't work as
live links)
Manage social advertising:
https://www.linkedin.com/settings/?modal=nsettings-social-advertising&tab=account
Manage enhanced advertising:
https://www.linkedin.com/settings/?modal=nsettings-enhanced-advertising&tab=account
Data sharing with third party applications:
https://www.linkedin.com/settings/?modal=nsettings-data-sharing&tab=groups
Partner InMail:
https://www.linkedin.com/settings/?modal=nsettings-partner-inmail&tab=email
It is worthwhile checking your settings and deciding what you do not want!
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