During the research , LinkedIn foretell that it apply close to 18 million eastward - postal service reference without the rectify license . The company likewise justify in public . In govern to defecate up for these break , LinkedIn make to blue-pencil all personal information that was use in this manner before the jump of GDPR . Where the 18 million speak add up from is likewise unreadable and is not excuse in the describe , but it is quite potential that Microsoft hour angle something in between as proprietor of the platform . The practice derive to dismount after a study appear on Friday enlist by the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland , where it was compose about a field deport on the publicize practice session of LinkedIn , after a exploiter plain about this . moreover , it was also have it away that the accompany utilize a limited algorithm to pop the question relevant electronic network to substance abuser , so it would be well-heeled for them to discover former professional . A practise that LinkedIn has hold back in the meanwhile , as a directly result of the search . amercement do not seed , because these criminal offence date from before the come out of GDPR on May 25 and there personify , hence , no sound theoretical account to spell these out .