Re: Verizon Wireless to Sell Customers' Data to Advertisers

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> wrote:
> http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/verizon-wireless-sell-customers-data-to-advertisers-1249
>
> Verizon Wireless will now collect phone users' information, including
> their GPS location and Web browsing history, and sell the data to
> third parties unless customers opt out of the tracking service.
>
> Verizon Wireless' (VZW) updated privacy policy permits the mobile
> giant to also track customers' app usage, device type, calling
> features and amount of phone use, as well as any search terms they
> type when browsing the Web on a VZW mobile device, and demographic
> information provided by other companies, such as gender and age.
FTC Complaint 33055545, https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/.
FCC Complaint 11-C00340020, http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm.
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