LinkedIn has made a massive change to its privacy policy, but it's likely that you haven't noticed. According to Sophos' Naked Security blog, the network revised its policy to include a term that might seem like it was copied straight from the Facebook playbook. As of two months ago, LinkedIn's settings allow the company to mine data from your profile to be used in third-party advertisements.
The policy reads: "LinkedIn may sometimes pair an advertiser's message with social content from LinkedIn's network in order to recommend people and services, follow companies or take other actions, their name/photo may show up in related ads show to LinkedIn members. By providing social context, we make it easy for our members to learn about products and services that the LinkedIn network is interacting with."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390901,00.aspYou know... I'm really getting pissed about this crap. Those of you on the PSN should check the gaming forum for the new terms of service they have put in place to sell your private info.