Terms of Service<\/a> going into effect on June 7, 2017, and the changes include a new privacy policy that covers new and upcoming LinkedIn features that aim to give profiles more visibility, and to make it easier to actually achieve the social \u201clinks\u201d implied in the professional network\u2019s name.<\/p>\nThe new Privacy Policy covers LinkedIn\u2019s decision to open up profile visibility to \u201ccertain third-party services,\u201d in much the same way it makes that info available to search engines now to help you get more SEO magic. This is something that\u2019s enabled by default, but LinkedIn does make it easy to opt out if you\u2019re not into that kind of expanded distribution, and you can always specify what kind of specifics your profile contains.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn also will be seeking out your various plaudits and accomplishments, and will suggest that you share those with your network to better demonstrate your value, I guess. Again, this is something you can opt out of if you\u2019re not cool with the idea.<\/p>\n
The social network also includes updated terms around productivity bots, a relatively recent addition to the LinkedIn arsenal. This is actually one of the opt-in items on the list, and if you do choose to participate, LinkedIn will offer to help your with messages by autogenerating simple responses, handling meeting scheduling or even breaking the ice (which should really not be a supremely involved experience on a professional social networking platform).<\/p>\n
More interesting than its ability to support virtual connections, LinkedIn\u2019s new policy covers an \u201cupcoming feature\u201d that will help LinkedIn members meet up IRL, at conferences, events and meetings where they\u2019re already in relative proximity to one another<\/p>\n
Again the new terms (which also include some modifications to the User Agreement set out by LinkedIn) don\u2019t go into effect until June 7, so people have some time to parse them in greater detail. What\u2019s interesting about this now is that it provides more insight into Microsoft\u2019s priorities as it moves forward with LinkedIn\u2019s product development.<\/p>\n
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