LinkedIn: What the “data export” contains

2 points by zeeed ↗ HN
after LinkedIn had extended the period for retrieving/exporting one's own data (see link below) I became curious and requested my own dump.

Since it has just arrived and I downloaded my zip, curious what they had on me, here's what it contained. It would have interested me so I thought I'd post it and see what you think.

- profile picture

- email addresses (every single one, also old/deactivated ones)

- received endorsenents (when/who/what)

- languages & levels

- login attempts (timestamped, with IP and full user agent string, reaching back until 2013 for me)

- search queries (timestamp & search string, back until 2013)

- timestamp of opening/closing/reopening the account

- connections (first/last name, email, current position & company)

- positions held (with dates)

- skills listed on the profile

- ad targeting, with the following fields "Age Group"|"Country"|"Company Sizes"|"Companies"|"Followed Companies"|"Functions"|"Gender"|"Industries"|"Followed Industries"|"Partner Opt Out Advertising"|"Seniorities"|"State" "Zip Code"|"Schools"|"Graduation Year"|"Groups"|"Interface Language"|"Degree Classes"|"Skills"

- education (start/end, degree, notes)

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looks like I have an underpopulated profile. There are many more fields contained, I have uploaded their "README" that came along with the zip file.

http://pastebin.com/aFigdAiV