{"id":4201,"date":"2018-11-29T10:40:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.adeptasiaconsulting.com\/?p=4201"},"modified":"2018-11-27T23:47:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:47:06","slug":"linkedin-cuts-off-email-address-exports-with-new-privacy-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.adeptasiaconsulting.com\/linkedin-cuts-off-email-address-exports-with-new-privacy-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn cuts off email address exports with new privacy setting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A win for privacy on LinkedIn <\/a> could be a big loss for businesses, recruiters and anyone else expecting to be able to export the email addresses of their connections. LinkedIn just quietly introduced a new privacy setting that defaults to blocking other users from exporting your email address. That could prevent some spam, and protect users who didn\u2019t realize anyone who they\u2019re connected to\u00a0could download their email address into a giant spreadsheet. But the launch of this new setting without warning or even a formal announcement could piss off users who\u2019d invested tons of time into the professional networking site in hopes of contacting their connections outside of it.<\/p>\n

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TechCrunch was tipped off by a reader that emails were no longer coming through as part of LinkedIn\u2019s Archive tool for exporting your data. Now LinkedIn confirms to TechCrunch that \u201cThis is a new setting that gives our members even more control of their email address on LinkedIn. If you take a look at the setting titled \u2018Who can download your email\u2019, you\u2019ll see we\u2019ve added a more detailed setting that defaults to the strongest privacy option. Members can choose to change that setting based on their preference. This gives our members control over who can download their email address via a data export.\u201d<\/p>\n

That new option can be found under Settings & Privacy -> Privacy -> Who Can See My Email Address?<\/a> This \u201cAllow your connections to download your email [address of user]\u00a0in their data export?\u201d toggle defaults to \u201cNo.\u201d Most users don\u2019t know it exists because LinkedIn didn\u2019t announce it; there\u2019s merely been a folded up section added to the Help center<\/a>\u00a0on email visibility, and few might voluntarily change it to \u201cYes\u201d as there\u2019s no explanation of why you\u2019d want to. That means nearly no one\u2019s email addresses will appear in LinkedIn Archive exports any more. Your connections will still be able to see your email address if they navigate to your profile, but they can\u2019t grab those from their whole graph.<\/p>\n

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