full-disclosure - Verizon Wireless to Sell Customers' Data to Advertisers

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Message-ID: <CAH8yC8m+q=rKUFNMPFyn1EoVb0Dug+wZaQymR_E8XOyi3R4aDA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:00:38 -0400
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: FunSec List <funsec@...uxbox.org>, 
	Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Verizon Wireless to Sell Customers' Data to
	Advertisers

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.

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