LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company

DPC (Ireland) case IN-18-08-3, decided 2024-10-22. EUR 310,000,000.

What the regulator decided

LinkedIn unlawfully processed third-party (non-member) and member personal 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.pdf

Archived snapshot

Wayback Machine snapshot of the primary source. Use this when the regulator URL might be refactored or expire.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250312220407/https://dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2024-12/LinkedIn-Final-Decision-IN-18-08-3-Redacted.pdf

ConsentMark interpretation

Operator-readable note on how this case shapes the ConsentMark scanner narrative. Not a legal opinion; cites the primary source.

The DPC press release (24 October 2024) is the public-facing summary; the redacted final decision PDF is the citable primary source.

Verification trail

Verified by: donal
Verified at: 2026-05-22
Review due: 2026-08-20

Cite this case

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BibTeX

@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 v1.3}
}

APA

ConsentMark. (2024, October 22). DPC (Ireland) IN-18-08-3 - LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. Methodology v1.3. https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-18-08-3

Markdown

[DPC (Ireland) IN-18-08-3 - LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company - ConsentMark](https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-18-08-3)

Plain text

DPC (Ireland) IN-18-08-3 - LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company - ConsentMark, 2024-10-22, methodology v1.3, https://www.consentmark.com/precedent/dpc-in-18-08-3