Verizon Wireless has been contacting its customers via snail mail to inform them of their intent to share CPNI data with its “affiliates, agents and parent companies (including Vodafone) and their subsidiaries.” The company says that customers who do not want their CPNI data shared need to call 1-800-333-9956 to “opt-out.” Upon dialing the opt-out number, Verizon customers will be prompted for their phone number, billing ZIP code, and last four digits of their Social Security Numbers (in the case of businesses, their Employer ID numbers). Failure to opt-out will be interpreted by Verizon Wireless as “consent” to the company’s data-sharing practices.
Don’t know about anyone else, but I signed up for paperless billing so I don’t even know if I would even get the notice. And honestly if I did, I’d throw it out cause like I said, I have paperless billing and I’d assume whatever it was from VZW was garbage. Bad move on my part I know.
So what have we learned?
1) If you get anything in the mail from VZW, or any other company, just don’t throw it out. Take 5 seconds to open and scan what it is they send you. It may actually be important.
And 2) Verizon may have the best netowrk out there, but their business practice sucks.
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