MakD.in uses the LinkedIn API only to publish content a business owner has approved and to report on that content’s performance. Our use of LinkedIn data complies with the LinkedIn API Terms of Use and the LinkedIn Privacy Policy. This page is the detailed disclosure referred to in our privacy policy.
Permissions we request
| Scope | What we do with it |
|---|---|
openid, profile | Identify the member who connects (ID, name, picture) so the account shows up by name in the app. |
w_member_social | Publish the posts you approve to your own LinkedIn profile. |
r_organization_social, w_organization_social | Optional, only after LinkedIn grants Community Management access: publish to Company Pages you administer and read the reach and engagement of posts we published. |
What we store
- Member or organisation ID, display name, handle and profile picture URL.
- An encrypted access token (and refresh token where issued), used only by the publishing worker.
- The ID and URL of each post we publish, plus its impressions, clicks, likes, comments and shares when organisation scopes are granted.
We do not read your feed, connections, messages, or any data about other members. Metrics are shown only to the organisation that owns the account and are deleted with it.
How we behave on the platform
- Every post is reviewed and approved by the business owner, or published by their explicitly enabled autopilot for their own account.
- Posts carry the content the owner approved; we do not add links, hashtags or tracking the owner has not seen.
- No automated likes, comments, follows, connection requests or messages.
- Publishing respects LinkedIn rate limits and stops immediately when a token is revoked.
Retention and revocation
- In MakD.in: Social accounts → Disconnect deletes the token at once and cancels queued posts.
- On LinkedIn: Permitted services lists MakD.in; removing it invalidates our token and the account is marked disconnected on its next check.
- Account records are purged 30 days after disconnection or organisation deletion. Metrics are deleted with the organisation.
Use case submitted to LinkedIn
MakD.in is a marketing automation tool for small businesses. A business owner connects their LinkedIn profile or Company Page, approves AI-drafted posts (text and image) in our calendar, and we publish each approved post at its scheduled time through the official LinkedIn API. For Company Pages we also read the impressions, clicks and engagement of the posts we published, to show the owner a simple performance report. We never post without the owner's approval unless they explicitly enable autopilot for their own account, never read other members' data, never scrape, and never send messages or connection requests. Access tokens are encrypted and deleted when the account is disconnected.
Questions: privacy@makd.in. See also our terms of service and data deletion page.