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Verizon Customers - Just Say No!
ReadWriteWeb —
... This information includes "services purchased (including specific calls you make and receive), billing info, technical info and location info. They promise to only share this with 'affiliates, agents and parent companies.' It will definitely not be shared with 'unrelated third parties' ... unless, perhaps that third party pays Verizon to become an affiliate, whatever the heck 'affiliate' means," Wienberger wrote. ...
How to opt-out of Verizon's personal info-selling scheme
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... informing them (under the deceptively vague title above) that they were going to sell our personal information unless we explicitly opted out. It does not provide instructions on how to do so without calling them, customers report that calling them is no help, and even when you log into your account, Verizon has made the online copies of this legalese document inaccessible to some of its own subscribers.
I can get to mine, so here it is: DownloadDocument.pdf.
David Weinberger and Read Write Web scald Verizon for this awful situation, and Weinberger ...
Opting Out of Verizon's New Data Sharing Policy
Boing Boing —
... with “affiliates, agents and parent companies.” It will definitely not be shared with “unrelated third parties” … unless, perhaps that third party pays Verizon to become an affiliate, whatever the heck “affiliate ” means.
There's an opt-out, but it took him some doing to find it, including a call to customer service. And as he says, accurately, "The whole thing sucks."
Does any other wireless company have this kind of privacy-invading policy?
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Verizon Data-Sharing Hysteria Points to Larger Privacy Issues [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... with “affiliates, agents and parent companies.” David Weinberger read the fine print on a recent 45-page Verizon mailing to discover that tidbit, and posted a really clear set of instructions to opt out. ...
Verizon wants to share YOUR data
p2pnet news —
... This information includes “services purchased (including specific calls you make and receive), billing info, technical info and location info. They promise to only share this with ‘affiliates, agents and parent companies.’ It will definitely not be shared with ‘unrelated third parties’ … unless, perhaps that third party pays Verizon to become an affiliate, whatever the heck ‘affiliate’ means,” Wienberger wrote. ...
How Do You Opt Out of Verizon's Information Sharing Plan?
Gearlog —
... not share your data with third-parties. Unless you opt out, however, that info will be passed along to other Verizon companies.
Since 2007, Verizon has sent pamphlets to new customers explaining this policy, and telling them they have 45 days to opt out. For those who actually notice the insert, however, opting out can apparently be somewhat of an arduous process.
Verizon addressed the issue in a blog post two years ago. But the issue came up again this weekend after several bloggers who were new to Verizon Wireless posted about the pamphlets they ...
Verizon's Claims That Its Info-Sharing Plans Are Harmless Ring Hollow
Techdirt —
Over the weekend, David Weinberger, one of the co-authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto wrote that he'd gotten a 45-page pamphlet of legalese from Verizon Wireless saying he could opt out of letting the company share "Customer Proprietary Network Information" with other groups. The rather broadly worded statement, which said the company could give info like call records to "affiliates, agents and parent companies," kicked up some fuss online. GigaOM says that ...
Verizon To Share Customer's Personal Data With Affiliates, Offers Shady Opt-out Feature
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Verizon followed up with Weinberger and told him to follow this protocol: Go to go the My Profile tab in the My Verizon account, then click on Phone Controls, and that's where the correct link is located where the customer can opt-out (or not). ...
