A Guide to LinkedIn Privacy Settings

Privacy? What privacy?!

Do you find yourself wondering about just how much online privacy you have these days?

I certainly do.

I’m acutely aware that pretty much every keystroke I make is being tracked, somewhere, by someone.

So how does this translate when using LinkedIn?

I’m on the LinkedIn platform to learn and engage with like-minded people who want to develop themselves and grow their businesses. So being ‘open’ is a key feature of engaging on LinkedIn.

However, there are a number of things I can do that I believe are essential, in fact, some are CRITICAL, to afford me some privacy whilst engaging on the platform.

I thought I’d share them with you in a new informative download titled ‘LinkedIn Privacy Guidelines’ and show you how you can fix them for your increased privacy too.

There are literally over 100 settings to consider on LinkedIn that span the categories of Account, Privacy, Ads and Communications. All these settings are found in different tabs, which are accessed by:

1. Clicking on the ‘Me’ link in the top right-hand corner of LinkedIn next to your Profile photo.
2. Selecting ‘Settings & Privacy’ from the ‘Account’ section of the drop-down menu that appears.

While this downloadable document couldn’t possibly cover all the settings available on LinkedIn, I’d strongly recommend that you take some time out to go through all of the available settings and tailor them to your needs and preferences. As you will have no doubt guessed from the download’s title, the document focuses on settings found in the ‘Privacy’ tab of ‘Settings & Privacy’, sharing best practices tips and advice on how to take control of your LinkedIn Privacy Settings.

What does the LinkedIn Privacy Guidelines document cover?

As I hope you can deduce from the contents list above, the document is a comprehensive yet easy to follow guide to LinkedIn Privacy Settings.

If you have any suggestions to add, I’d appreciate knowing about them (let me know by Commenting on LinkedIn or emailing me!), and may very well produce edition 2 of this 18-page document.