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Verizon Sues to Stop Privacy Rules; Wants to Sell Call Data
Jake writes "Verizon has asked a federal court to stop state regulators from enforcing new privacy rules that would prohibit telephone companies from using or sharing details about customers' calling habits without permission. Verizon, which serves nearly 1 million customers across Washington state, had plans to begin a data-sharing system that allowed the company and its affiliates to collect information on when, where and how often customers make telephone calls. It would use that data to sell new products and services to customers." "We believe we have certain rights as a corporation to use this information," Verizon's PR person says. Great.
At the best, they'll do like most companies and say that you have to "opt-out" every year to keep your information from being sold.
Think about it though. Even if you're sitting at your computer at the right time logged in and ready to click the button at the exact second you have to opt-out, they could a nano-second before you click zip your personal information to a third party.
Not to mention if they say, "Well, we'll send you a letter first to say you have the option to opt-out, but you'll be optted-in as soon as you recieve the letter giving them several days to pass your information along for money." Why else would they have us opt-out instead of in?Seriously, you can answer that question. I'm an openminded person.
We live in an IT dominated world now.
Information is $$$$$
Where do I sign-up for Joint Rolling 101? After... 15 years of smoking weed I've never learned. Pipes and bongs are just too convenient.
Actually, I switched to MCI because it has lower rates. I get Unlimited long distance anywhere in america plus unlimited local calling, caller id, call waiting and voicemail. This is costing me a flat rate of $54 a month. Considering i was spending over $100 on ling distance a month plus $25 for local phone service, MCI is great.
....my father got a cell phone from sprint (he got a REAL good deal with SOoooo many minutes included that he calls all the time now) and doesn't use his land line phone any more. Now if only the cell phone didn't keep dropping out every 3 minutes and he has to call again and again and again every time it hangs up by itself. (Can't they do ANYTHING right in NYC?).