There are over 50 sections in the LinkedIn Security and Privacy section. They all provide benefits, however there are 12 which I strongly recommend everyone adjust to fit their personal needs.
#12 – Two Step Verification – Protect your LinkedIn Account against hijackers by using your cell phone to verify your login to new devices.
#11 – Where you are logged in – View where you are currently logged in and as needed log out of the session.
#10 – Permitted Services – Manage what applications you have connected to your LinkedIn Account and remove those you don’t need or recall connecting.
#9 – Merge Accounts – For those who discover they have a lingering old LinkedIn Account that needs to be merged and then removed.
#8 – Advertising Settings – 14 unique settings worthy of reviewing in order to have some control over how LinkedIn shares your content and activity (in and out of the LinkedIn program).
#7 – Notifications – Review and manage what types of notifications you want or don’t want from 6 unique areas of LinkedIn.
#6 – Email Frequency – Review and manage the types of email messages you want from 9 unique areas of LinkedIn.
#5 – Who can see your Email Address – This is new as of 4/2018 – You can now hide your email address from everyone, or make it accessible to LinkedIn Members beyond your 1st level connections.
#4 – Viewers of this profile also viewed – Turn this off if you don’t want your prospects to see others you are relevant to when they view your LinkedIn Profile.
#3 – Edit your LinkedIn Public Profile – Customize your LinkedIn Profile URL and what people see when your LinkedIn Profile shows up in a Google.com search.
#2 – Manage your Active Status – LinkedIn shows other members when you are on LinkedIn as well as when using LinkedIn on Mobile.
#1 – Download your Data – Periodically download at least your LinkedIn Connections. however LinkedIn allows us to download all of our data we added to LinkedIn.
Bonus #1 – LinkedIn User Agreement – I recommend reviewing this document now and then so you understand it.
Bonus #2 – LinkedIn Privacy Policy – I recommend reviewing this document periodically as well. Changes occur periodically.
These are my top 12 Privacy Settings and a few bonuses. Each of these I have reviewed and where relevant adjusted to fit my personal needs.
Have you reviewed the LinkedIn Security and Privacy Settings?
I encourage you to find time to do this.
If you need help mastering LinkedIn to grow your business or develop your career, maybe we need to talk.
Teddy