This Privacy Policy Addendum for users in Korea (the “Addendum”) provides additional disclosures required by local data protection law. This Addendum should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Policy, to describe LinkedIn’s practices regarding the collection and use of personal data of members residing in Korea. In the event of any conflict between the Privacy Policy and this Addendum, the provisions of this Addendum shall prevail.
1. How We Store Personal Data
To provide our services to you, we store your personal data outside Korea on our overseas servers located in the United States.
- Country to Which Personal Data Is Transferred: United States
- Purpose of Use of Personal Data: Please refer to Section 2 of the Privacy Policy
- Transfer Date and Method: Transferred on submission for storage and processing
- Personal Data Transferred: Please refer to Section 1 of the Privacy Policy
- Retention and Use Period: Please refer to Sections 4.1 and 4.3 of the Privacy Policy
If you do not want to transfer your personal data abroad, please refrain from using our services and refrain from providing personal data to us. In light of how we provide our services, if you refuse to transfer your personal data abroad, you may not be able to receive the services you requested.
2. Delegation of Personal Information Processing
Certain third-party service providers and/or LinkedIn affiliates may perform functions on behalf of LinkedIn and may have access to your personal data as needed to perform those functions, as described below. In addition to the service providers listed in this Section 2, certain third-party service providers outside of the Republic of Korea listed in Section 3 of this Addendum may have access to your personal data as needed to perform the identified functions on behalf of LinkedIn.
| Name of Delegate | Delegated Work |
| General Agent, Co. Ltd. | Matters involving the domestic representative as provided under the Personal Information Protection Act |
3. Overseas Transfer of Personal Data
Certain third-party service providers and/or LinkedIn’s affiliates located outside Korea may perform functions on behalf of LinkedIn and may have access to your personal data as needed to perform those functions, as described below:
| Name of Recipient | Delegated work | Items of personal data transferred overseas | Country to which personal data will be transferred | Timing and method of transfer | Purpose of use by the recipient(s) and period of retention and use by the recipient(s) |
| Adyen | Payment processing | First name, last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Payment processing on behalf of LinkedIn requires service providers to retain data for significant periods of time due to regulatory obligation. |
| American Express | Payment processing | First name, last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Payment processing on behalf of LinkedIn requires service providers to retain data for significant periods of time due to regulatory obligation. |
| Chase Paymentech | Payment processing | First name, last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Payment processing on behalf of LinkedIn requires service providers to retain data for significant periods of time due to regulatory obligation. |
| WorldPay | Payment processing | First name, last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Payment processing on behalf of LinkedIn requires service providers to retain data for significant periods of time due to regulatory obligation. |
| BillDesk | Payment processing | First name, last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Payment processing on behalf of LinkedIn requires service providers to retain data for significant periods of time due to regulatory obligation. |
| PayPal | Payment processing | First name, last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Payment processing on behalf of LinkedIn requires service providers to retain data for significant periods of time due to regulatory obligation. |
| CSI Web | OFAC screening | First name, last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Screening of foreign assets to enforce economic sanctions and interfere with the flow of criminal funds. |
| Sift | Payment fraud detection | First name, Last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Prevent fraudulent chargebacks and otherwise detect and prevent fraud. |
| Alipay Singapore E-Commerce Pte Ltd. | Payment Processing | First name, last name, address, IP address, credit card payment details | United States, Ireland, Singapore | The data is transferred by Application Programming Interface on a continual basis as transactions are processed. | Payment processing on behalf of LinkedIn requires service providers to retain data for significant periods of time due to regulatory obligation. |
| 90 Seconds PTE, LTD and 10 others | Advertising/marketing/research | Information identified in Section 1 of the LinkedIn Privacy Policy | United States, Ireland, Singapore | Transferred through telecommunication network from time to time as needed | Consistent with the period of retention and use described in the LinkedIn Privacy Policy |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc., and 6 others | Technical infrastructure and services | Information identified in Section 1 of the Privacy Policy | United States, Ireland, Singapore | Transferred through telecommunication network from time to time as needed | Consistent with the period of retention and use described in the LinkedIn Privacy Policy |
| Atradius Collection Pte Ltd | Collection for unpaid subscription accounts | First name, Last name, contact and delinquent account information | United States, Ireland, Singapore | Transferred through telecommunication network from time to time as needed | Consistent with the period of retention and use described in the LinkedIn Privacy Policy |
| Sli.do s. r. o. and 4 others | Surveys and research | Information identified in Section 1 of the LinkedIn Privacy Policy | United States, Ireland, Singapore | Transferred through telecommunication network from time to time as needed | Consistent with the disclosures provided at time of collection. |
4. Procedures and Methods of Destruction of Personal Data
As described in our Privacy Policy (Sections 4.1 and 4.3), we will destroy your personal data when it is no longer needed and there is no longer any legal or business need to maintain the data. When we destroy your data, we will take commercially reasonable and technically feasible measures to make the personal data irrecoverable or irreproducible.
5. Department in Charge of Protecting Personal Data and Handling Complaints
LinkedIn Corporation
Attn: Legal Dept. (Korean member query)
1000 W. Maude Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
USA
Telephone: +1-650-426-6000
E-mail: Legal@linkedin.com
In addition, our local agent in Korea under applicable laws is as follows:
Local Agent: General Agent Co. Ltd
Representative Director Name: Eunmi Kim
Address: 28, Saemunan-ro 5ga-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Telephone: 02-736-9891
E-mail: koreaprivacy@linkedin.com