10-15-2007, 12:00 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Verizon Wireless To Start Sharing Your Calling Information
http://skydeck.com/blog/mobilemarket/get-ready-for-more-advertising-on-your-cell-phone/
"Two of us just received a notice from Verizon Wireless about CPNI. CPNI stands for Customer Proprietary Network Information: our call records, essentially. What numbers we called, how often, how long we spent on the phone, and how much it cost us. (It does not include our own names, numbers, or addresses.) Verizon wants to share this data with third parties, and of course they need our permission: "you have a right, and we have a duty, under federal and state law, to protect the confidentiality of your CPNI." But that duty only goes so far: "Unless you provide us [Verizon Wireless] with notice that you wish to opt out within 30 days of receiving this letter, we will assume that you give the Verizon Companies the right to share your CPNI with the authorized companies as described above."
Wow. It is unbelievable to me that Verizon, or any carrier, would just change the terms of your contract like this unless you proactively opt-out of the new process. If you are on Verizon Wireless and you got this notice, be sure to understand exactly what they are going to be sharing with whomever they deem an "authorized company." If you, like many others, just tossed this notice out when you got your bill recently, the link above has an online scanned copy of it so you'll know how to opt out.
Personally, I think any new policy that anyone comes up with that shares personal information of any sort should be required to be opt-in only. Opt-out should be banned.
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10-15-2007, 12:44 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Next time you will get a call from a telemarketer don't be surprise. Anything to make an extra buck! And even if you would send the notice, it may get lost in a mail, I had this experience with AT&T rebaite.
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10-15-2007, 01:01 AM
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Pontificator
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Reason number 8,183 why I'm soooo glad I'm not a Verizon customer.
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10-15-2007, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ADBrown
Reason number 8,183 why I'm soooo glad I'm not a Verizon customer.
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but if a verizon customer calls you or you call them, and they haven't opted out....
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10-15-2007, 03:53 AM
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Executive Editor, Android Thoughts
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We used to joke about how Verizon would, if they could, charge 1 cent for each button press on your handset. Now it seems that didn't quite work so they decided to just give your info to "authorized" companies. Ugh...
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10-15-2007, 06:42 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
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Originally Posted by ADBrown
Reason number 8,183 why I'm soooo glad I'm not a Verizon customer.
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but if a verizon customer calls you or you call them, and they haven't opted out.... |
Aaaand now I have to go block all Verizon numbers. Excuse me. :lol:
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10-15-2007, 07:00 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: Verizon Wireless To Start Sharing Your Calling Information
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
Personally, I think any new policy that anyone comes up with that shares personal information of any sort should be required to be opt-in only. Opt-out should be banned.
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Funny, that. Here in South Africa we have a new privacy law (implemented 2006/7) that specifically bans opt-out. I'd have thought the Government was following someone else's lead?
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10-15-2007, 03:17 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 444
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AT&T sucks so bad, I've been counting the weeks until my contract is up next spring. But this is another knock against Verizon (besides their lousy PPC selection). Is there ANY provider out there with fast data, good coverage and decent customer support?
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10-15-2007, 04:19 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Originally Posted by Underwater Mike
AT&T sucks so bad, I've been counting the weeks until my contract is up next spring. But this is another knock against Verizon (besides their lousy PPC selection). Is there ANY provider out there with fast data, good coverage and decent customer support?
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No...no...and...NO! 
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10-15-2007, 05:13 PM
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Pontificator
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Why isn't this illegal?
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