( May 5, 2026, 05:01 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: LinkedIn’s tracking of profile visitors is at the center of a complaint with the Austrian data watchdog, to be filed by privacy advocacy group Noyb. According to the group, LinkedIn denies customers’ access requests to view their profiles, citing data protection as the reason. However, that same data is available to paying subscribers. “Either the data must not be accessible to anyone, or it must also be disclosed in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR,” said Noyb in a press release on Tuesday.Statement follows....
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