noyb filed a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority alleging LinkedIn paywalls Article 15 GDPR access rights behind its Premium membership.
Key Takeaways
LinkedIn’s Premium “profile visitors” feature (365-day history) is built on personal data that users are legally entitled to receive free under Article 15 GDPR.
LinkedIn’s defense – that disclosing visitor data violates other users’ privacy – collapses when the same data is sold to Premium subscribers.
LinkedIn relies on opt-out rather than opt-in consent for profile-visit tracking, raising a separate question about whether the collection is lawful at all.
noyb is demanding full fulfillment of the access request and proposing a fine to deter future violations.
Paywalling GDPR rights is a broader pattern: noyb cites credit agencies and ticket-name corrections as parallel illegal practices.
Hacker News Comment Review
No substantive HN discussion yet; the single comment agrees the case is strong precisely because the data is public-facing, making the violation unusually easy to verify.
