Precedent corpus / DPC (Ireland)
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
DPC (Ireland) case IN-18-08-3, decided . EUR 310M.
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What the regulator decided
LinkedIn unlawfully processed the personal data of its MEMBERS - including data obtained via its third-party partners relating to those members ("third-party data") - for behavioural analysis and targeted advertising; consent was not valid, legitimate interests did not apply, and contractual necessity was not satisfied - infringing Articles 6(1), 5(1)(a) and the transparency duties in Articles 13 and 14 GDPR.
Primary source
Regulator-owned URL. Quote this in legal briefs and academic citations.
https://dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2024-12/LinkedIn-Final-Decision-IN-18-08-3-Redacted.pdfArchived snapshot
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https://web.archive.org/web/20250312220407/https://dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2024-12/LinkedIn-Final-Decision-IN-18-08-3-Redacted.pdfConsentMark interpretation
Operator-readable note on how this case shapes the ConsentMark scanner narrative. Not a legal opinion; cites the primary source.
DPC press release (24 Oct 2024) is the public summary; the redacted decision PDF is the citable source. CORRECTED 2026-08-17 (company_tools-op0v3.2): this previously read "third-party (non-member) and member personal data". Non-members were never in scope - the inquiry examined "users who have created LinkedIn profiles (members)", and "third-party data" means data "obtained via its third-party partners relating to its members". If you widen this text again, quote the decision.
Verification trail
Checked against the primary source on 17th August 2026. Next review 17th November 2026.
Cite this case
@misc{consentmark-precedent-dpc-in-18-08-3,
author = {{ConsentMark}},
year = {2024},
title = {DPC (Ireland) IN-18-08-3 - LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-18-08-3}},
note = {ConsentMark methodology v7.8.1}
}ConsentMark. (2024, October 22). DPC (Ireland) IN-18-08-3 - LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. Methodology v7.8.1. https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-18-08-3[DPC (Ireland) IN-18-08-3 - LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company - ConsentMark](https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-18-08-3)DPC (Ireland) IN-18-08-3 - LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company - ConsentMark, 2024-10-22, methodology v7.8.1, https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-18-08-3