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What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 12 findings
  • Camera & Photos 1 finding
  • Messages 1 finding
  • Biometrics 4 findings
  • Sensitive Data 10 findings
  • Tracking 11 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 32 findings
  • Sharing 52 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 62 findings
  • Other 10 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Tracking Privacy control available Custom Experience Plus uses sites you visit, your location and the numbers you call

What this means

Verizon describes Custom Experience Plus as using a broader set of data: sites visited, apps used, Verizon Fios services, location information, and Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) such as the phone numbers you call and the numbers that call you.

Custom Experience Plus uses a broader set of data including sites visited, apps used, Verizon Fios services, location information, and Customer Proprietary Network Information such as phone numbers called or calling you.

Why this matters

CPNI is the record of whom you called and when, which a carrier holds in order to connect the call; this program is a use of it beyond that.

What the policy says

Our Custom Experience Plus program uses a broader set of information for the same purposes, including information about sites you visit and apps you use, your Verizon Fios services, location information, and Customer Proprietary Network Information, including phone numbers you call or those that call you. You must opt in to be part of this program .

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Messages Depending on the services you use, Verizon may collect the phone numbers you call

What this means

Verizon says that, depending on which services a customer uses, it may collect call records containing the phone numbers you call and the numbers you receive calls from.

Depending on the services you use, Verizon may collect call records containing the phone numbers you call and receive calls from.

Why this matters

A list of whom you telephoned is a social map, and the condition in front of it decides whether it applies to you at all.

What the policy says

Depending on the services you use, this may include: call records containing phone numbers you call and receive calls from, sites you visit, text and messaging records, wireless location, application and feature usage, product and device-specific information and identifiers including device nickname, router connections, domain name server information, technical configurations, service options you choose, mobile and device numbers, …

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Sharing Verizon may share your search activity with advertising and market research companies

What this means

The internet information named covers your search activity and your interactions with Verizon's sites, apps and advertisements, and the recipients named are advertising and market research companies.

Verizon may share internet information, including your search activity and interactions with its sites, apps, and advertisements, with advertising and market research companies.

Why this matters

What you searched for is among the most revealing things anyone holds about you, and this names where it can go.

What the policy says

Internet information including search and other activity on our sites, and information about your interaction with our sites, apps, and advertisements.

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Controls & Permissions 3
  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Location 2
  • Sensitive Data 2
  • Biometrics 1
  • Other 1
  • Sharing 1

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  • Location 10 more
  • Camera & Photos 1 more
  • Biometrics 3 more
  • Sensitive Data 8 more
  • Tracking 10 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 30 more
  • Sharing 50 more
  • Controls & Permissions 59 more
  • Other 9 more

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