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A privacy check before your recap leaves your screen

Review names, profile photos, private context, data scope and the final file before sharing a LinkedIn recap. A practical preflight checklist.

The short answer

Review the actual exported asset and its caption for names, photos, sensitive context and unsupported claims. Share only what fits your intended audience. A fact being visible on a public profile does not automatically make every new use of it thoughtful or appropriate.

What you’ll take away

  • Review the asset itself, not only the caption.
  • Downloading, opening a report link and publishing are different actions.
  • Keep private conversations and customer details out unless sharing is authorized.

Look at the file as a new reader would

Open the final download and list what it reveals: your name and photo, other people’s names, profile images, post text, company references, dates and any visible URLs. Details you stopped noticing while editing may be the first thing someone else sees.

Check every page or frame, including transitions and the ending. Removing a name from the caption does not remove it from an image. Cropping a preview is not the same as checking that the exported file excludes the material.

Separate public facts from private context

A public comment can be visible, while the reason it mattered to you may involve a private client project or conversation. Tell the lesson without disclosing that background. If you need the identifying context, get permission before publishing it.

Be especially careful with screenshots of messages, introductions, private documents or customer dashboards. This checklist is an editorial practice, not legal advice or a claim that one audience setting makes sensitive material safe.

ItemQuestion to ask
Supporter name or photoIs this mention appropriate in this context?
Client or colleagueAm I implying a relationship or endorsement?
Post excerptDoes the excerpt preserve the original meaning?
NumberIs its source, period and coverage clear?
LinkDoes the destination reveal more than I intend?

Decide who the story is for

A public recap, a message to a small team and a personal archive serve different purposes. Choose the smallest audience that fits the story. If the point is to thank one person, a private note may be more appropriate than a public supporter graphic.

Before posting, inspect the destination’s audience setting. Do not assume the setting from your previous post is still selected. A downloaded copy can also travel beyond the original audience, so avoid putting information in the asset that depends on staying inside one screen.

Worked example: keep the lesson, remove the disclosure

Risky draft: “Here are the people who helped us win the unannounced Acme deal,” alongside a supporter chart. The chart does not establish that causal claim, and the caption reveals a business outcome that may not be public.

Safer editorial version: “Several detailed questions helped me explain onboarding more clearly this year.” Use an appropriate anonymized example or get permission for a named one. You have preserved the lesson without assigning a private commercial outcome to public reactions.

Run the final check after the last edit

Recheck after switching report years, changing a template or regenerating a download. The file you inspected earlier may no longer be the file you are about to share. Store a private copy only where it belongs, and avoid public links as a substitute for reviewing permissions.

Wrapped.li’s product guidance and privacy policy explain its own data handling. Your publishing decision still concerns the final asset, the destination and the people it includes. If a detail is unnecessary to the story, leaving it out often makes the post clearer as well.

  1. Inspect all pages or the whole video.
  2. Check names, photos and relationship claims.
  3. Remove unauthorized private context.
  4. Verify numbers, edition and cutoff.
  5. Open the destination and inspect its audience.
  6. Review caption and final file together.

Sources & product references

Product details reflect the publication date. External features and interfaces may change.

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Product guidance from Wrapped.li. Numerical examples are illustrative, not customer results. LinkedIn is a separate company.