LinkedIn sets 7 cookies on websites that load its scripts. Below is the full list with purpose, expiry, and whether each one needs GDPR / ePrivacy consent.
li_sugrAdvertisingExpires: 3 monthsUsed by LinkedIn Insight Tag to make a probabilistic match of a visitor's identity outside the designated countries.
bcookieAdvertisingExpires: 1 yearLinkedIn browser ID cookie used to identify devices accessing LinkedIn for analytics, ad measurement, and personalisation.
bscookieAdvertisingExpires: 1 yearSecure browser ID used for LinkedIn account security. On third-party sites it surfaces through LinkedIn embeds and forms part of LinkedIn's cross-site identity layer used for ad measurement and remarketing.
lidcFunctionalExpires: 24 hoursLinkedIn datacenter-routing cookie. Required for LinkedIn-rendered embeds to function correctly. Limited to load-balancing — case-by-case necessity assessment usually applies.
UserMatchHistoryAdvertisingExpires: 1 monthUsed by LinkedIn for ID-syncing of advertising campaigns across user devices.
AnalyticsSyncHistoryAnalyticsExpires: 1 monthStores information about the time a visitor's identity was synchronised with the lms_analytics cookie for LinkedIn analytics.
li_gcFunctionalExpires: 6 monthsStores the visitor's consent decisions for use of non-essential cookies on LinkedIn properties.