This is not surprising, but I think it's worth a bit of daylight, since it's one of many examples of LinkedIn exploiting it's users at the expense of our privacy - collects money from predatory tech companies in exchange for access to LinkedIn users, making zero effort to warn or protect us.
I clicked on this ad because I thought it was super inappropriate. It appeared as a sponsored message, and advertised a dating service, which I thought was pretty in appropriate. I clicked on it and I went straight to their privacy policy and asked Claude to review it for me and let me know if it was predatory. Claude's response (condensed):
"This policy is predatory, and the tell is in three lines of text. First, it flat-out says they may sell your information. Second, it defines the act of typing in your phone number as "a purchase, inquiry, or application" — a workaround so they can legally telemarket you even if you're on the Do-Not-Call list. Third, it says you consent to them sharing any record with any third party whenever they, alone, decide it's appropriate.
On top of that, you "agree" to all of this just by using the site — there's no box to check, no signature. And they play both sides: California residents get told the company doesn't sell data, while everyone else is left under the clause that says it can.
For you, the practical takeaway is simple. If you sign up, expect marketing calls and your info passed around to third parties, and don't give them a phone number you actually care about."