Managing profile data for multiple enterprise identities

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, from a first request to update profile data for a member of an online network, an identifier for the member and a first non-global scope;
• matching, by one or more computer systems, the identifier to a central profile record with a global scope;
• locating, by the one or more computer systems using the central profile record and the first non-global scope, a first scoped profile record for the member;
• and
• storing, in the first scoped profile record, an update to a first field from the first request without modifying the first field in profile records for the member that are outside of the first non-global scope.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• obtaining, from a first request to read profile data in an online network, an identifier for a member in the online network and a first non-global scope;
• matching the identifier to a central profile record represented by a global scope;
• locating a first scoped profile record for the member using the central profile record and the first non-global scope;
• retrieving a first field from the first scoped profile record and a second field from the central profile record;
• and
• transmitting the first and second fields in a response to the first request without including, in the response, additional fields in profile records for the member that are outside of the first non-global scope or the global scope.