LinkedIn Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Allegedly Sharing User Data to Train AI Models

LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, is facing a class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, by Premium customers accusing the platform of sharing private messages with third parties to train AI models without consent.

The lawsuit claims LinkedIn discreetly updated its privacy policy in September 2024, retroactively allowing data use for AI training despite earlier assurances of data confidentiality.

Plaintiffs allege the platform breached contracts, violated California's unfair competition law, and the federal Stored Communications Act, seeking $1,000 per user in damages.

LinkedIn has denied the allegations, calling the claims baseless.