Verizon Wireless: If you don’t opt out, we get to share your CPNI call data
Over the weekend, a small storm erupted over new legal language that Verizon Wireless is passing quietly on to its subscribers. It appears as though the cellular provider is changing its terms of service to give the company the right to share sensitive calling data with third parties.
At issue is so-called Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) data. While CPNI data does not include explicit information identifying your name and address or your phone number, it does include data on the calls you make and receive, and the services that you may make use of. This includes information about the features of your phone and its capabilities. The data could easily be mined to see what kinds of businesses you call and how often. ...
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At issue is so-called Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) data. While CPNI data does not include explicit information identifying your name and address or your phone number, it does include data on the calls you make and receive, and the services that you may make use of. This includes information about the features of your phone and its capabilities. The data could easily be mined to see what kinds of businesses you call and how often. ...
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It's very likely to offer their combined billing with Verizon home services. At&t has something similar, but they ask for CPNI authorization rather than just stating they have a right to disclose it.
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At&t has something similar...
Yeah, it's called straight up abuse of privacy.
At&t, your world delivered... to the NSA.
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Plooky, are you mildly retarded or something? Do you really think the NSA is an affiliate of AT&T?
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I guess you somehow missed the steady stream of news regarding the warrantless wiretapping program a.k.a. the terrorist surveillance program that began pre-911 and which the administration is still trying to seek immunity for the telecos.
Perhaps you should be asking yourself those questions you posed to me.
I guess you somehow missed the steady stream of news regarding the warrantless wiretapping program a.k.a. the terrorist surveillance program that began pre-911 and which the administration is still trying to seek immunity for the telecos.
Perhaps you should be asking yourself those questions you posed to me.
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So your grip is with the government, but you make posts on a wireless carrier forum... if you wernt a terrorist or associating with terrorists you wouldnt have to worry about the government taping your phone.
Why do you even have a wireless phone, arent you worried the government might have some secret decoder device that lets them pick up your calls and listen to everything you are saying?!?
Do you wear a tin foil hat so they cant read your mind?
Why do you even have a wireless phone, arent you worried the government might have some secret decoder device that lets them pick up your calls and listen to everything you are saying?!?
Do you wear a tin foil hat so they cant read your mind?
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Wow Plooky, used to be on top of these things? 😲
https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
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Strange Phone Scoop didn't post this on their news section?
Oh wait VZW has ad space on Phonescoop, duh! 😳
Oh wait VZW has ad space on Phonescoop, duh! 😳
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Plooky, I am not sure why you feel the need to post in a FUD like way. If you are going to post clips of articles you should keep the important stuff in them instead of being a useless troll..
CPNI is something that has been shared for years, changes in laws have now made it required for telecom companies to have permission from their customers to share the information with their affiliates. Verizon Wireless has changed the service agreement to comply with the new laws, if you do not opt out they will contine on with business as usual.
Despite what some conspiricy nuts might think, CPNI is really very little information. It is things like what city the customer lives in, what features they have on their plan, what plan they are on and ...
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CPNI is something that has been shared for years, changes in laws have now made it required for telecom companies to have permission from their customers to share the information with their affiliates. Verizon Wireless has changed the service agreement to comply with the new laws, if you do not opt out they will contine on with business as usual.
Despite what some conspiricy nuts might think, CPNI is really very little information. It is things like what city the customer lives in, what features they have on their plan, what plan they are on and ...
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quick correction here, the information can also be used by the affiliates of the "parent companies" aka Vodafone and Verizon Communications will be able to share it with their affiliates as well.
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Despite what some conspiricy nuts might think, CPNI is really very little information.
Please explain then why the FCC has openly stated they are concerned the protection of such data and are considering changing their guidelines regarding CPNI data.
Also, from the article:
The data could easily be mined to see what kinds of businesses you call and how often.
Call me old fashioned, but who I call and how often I call them is my business... not my phone companies.
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