De Ierse privacy waakhond publiceerde op 24 oktober het volgende bericht:
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced its final decision following an inquiry into LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (LinkedIn). The inquiry examined LinkedIn’s processing of personal data for the purposes of behavioural analysis and targeted advertising of users who have created LinkedIn profiles (members). The decision concerns the lawfulness, fairness and transparency of this processing. The decision includes:
- a reprimand,
- an order for LinkedIn to bring its processing into compliance, and
- administrative fines totalling €310 million.

