LinkedIn has 33,000 employees and a $15 billion legal budget.
But we are one billion LinkedIn users. – And you have this list.
01 — Check if you’re on the list
Search the database of 5,459 extensions LinkedIn scans for. Enter your extension name or ID and see it in LinkedIn’s actual JavaScript code. Takes 10 seconds.
[Search the list →]
02 — Share this with someone who should know
Most people have no idea this is happening. Use our pre-written posts and media assets to share on LinkedIn, X, Mastodon, Bluesky, or Facebook. Each post is tailored to the platform. One click.
[TODO: Copy/paste snippets or one-click share buttons per platform]
03 — Subscribe to the BrowserGate newsletter
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04 — Talk to the press
Know a journalist? Ask them what they need to cover BrowserGate. Don’t know one? Call your local newspaper, radio station, or TV newsroom and ask why they haven’t reported that LinkedIn scans 405 million users’ browsers without consent.
Every professional with a LinkedIn account is affected. Every business with a LinkedIn company page is affected. Every employee whose browser is being fingerprinted without their employer’s knowledge is affected. That is a story.
[How to talk to the media →]
05 — Send a letter
Emails get ignored. Letters create a paper trail. They generate records. They require responses.
You can send letters to:
- Your local data protection authority — file a formal complaint about LinkedIn’s extension scanning.
- Microsoft/LinkedIn directly — demand they disclose what data they collected about your browser, under GDPR Article 15.
- Your national IT security authority (CERT) — report unauthorized code execution. LinkedIn injects JavaScript that probes your browser for installed software without disclosure.
- Your member of parliament or MEP — demand they push the European Commission to investigate LinkedIn’s DMA non-compliance.
[TODO: We are building an AI-assisted letter generator that drafts, prints, and mails these letters on your behalf. Each letter includes a donation to Fairlinked to finance the legal fight.]
06 — Request your data from LinkedIn
You have the right to know what LinkedIn collected about you. Send them a GDPR Subject Access Request and demand they disclose:
- Which extensions they detected on your browser
- When they scanned your browser
- What data they stored
- Who they shared it with
- Their legal basis for processing
Do not ask for the standard data export. Ask specifically for extension detection data, device fingerprinting data, and any records transmitted via their AedEvent and SpectroscopyEvent tracking systems.
[Send a GDPR request → (pre-filled template)]
07 — File a complaint with your data protection authority
Country-specific, pre-filled complaint forms for every EU/EEA data protection authority. Select your country, fill in your name, submit.
LinkedIn’s EU lead supervisory authority is the Irish Data Protection Commission. The more complaints the Irish DPC receives, the harder BrowserGate is to ignore.
[File a complaint →]
08 — Donate
Microsoft has unlimited legal resources. They respond to a 5-page brief with a 120-page filing drafted by 50 lawyers. The goal is not to win on arguments. The goal is to exhaust opponents financially.
The only way to match that is collective funding. Your donation finances the legal proceedings through Fairlinked e.V., the German nonprofit pursuing DMA enforcement against LinkedIn.
[Donate →]
09 — Register as a potential co-plaintiff
We are preparing class action suits in multiple countries and jurisdictions. If you want to participate, register now. No obligation until a case is filed. We will contact you with details when proceedings begin in your jurisdiction.
[Register as co-plaintiff →]
10 — Help collect evidence
We have developed a Chrome extension that documents LinkedIn’s scanning behavior on your browser. It captures evidence of the abuse with a tamper-proof timestamp, which you can upload to our server.
The more documented instances we have, the stronger the case in court.
[Install the evidence collector →]
For developers and LinkedIn tool makers
If you develop a LinkedIn tool or Chrome extension, join our working group. We have established Fairlinked e.V. as a non-profit trade association for commercial LinkedIn users. Fairlinked is registered with the EU and has entered a regulatory dialogue with the EU Commission about LinkedIn’s compliance with EU regulations.
Together, we are defining the technical requirements for the API that Microsoft must provide to businesses and tool developers under DMA Article 6(10).
[Join the developer coalition →]
Every action on this page is backed by specific legal rights under the GDPR, the Digital Markets Act, and national data protection laws. You are not asking for a favor. You are exercising rights that exist precisely for situations like this.