Verizon revised its privacy policy in an update detected on August 28, 2026, modifying how it describes data collection, use, and sharing practices. The updated language expands the stated purposes for using information about you to include eligibility determination for discounts and employment-related offers, adds new use cases for partner information (such as Verizon Dollars rewards), and clarifies that information obtained from third parties may be used for creditworthiness assessment and marketing contact. The policy also removed references to Verizon Community profiles and added a new privacy choices page for AI Skills for America users.
Consumers: Verizon reserves the right to evaluate you for discounts and rewards using your data, and this use is now explicitly disclosed in the policy.
The updated policy expands the stated uses of your information. Verizon now explicitly reserves the right to use data to determine your eligibility for employment-related discounts, Verizon Dollars rewards, and service discounts; to assess your creditworthiness and payment risk; and to contact you with marketing offers from partners. The policy previously stated these uses more narrowly or did not list them as discrete purposes. You can review Verizon's privacy choices pages to manage some data uses, including opt-out mechanisms for prescreening and industry-wide credit opt-out options.
→ Review your privacy choices on Verizon's privacy portal to opt out of prescreening and marketing use of your data.
→ Call 1-888-567-8688 or use the industry-wide opt-out mechanism to prevent credit prescreening based on your information.
Policy now explicitly authorizes using customer data to determine eligibility for employment-related discounts, Verizon Dollars, and service discounts, in addition to prior eligibility uses.
Policy clarifies that information received from partners when customers purchase services may be used to apply discounts, in addition to enabling and billing for service.
Policy explicitly states that information obtained from third parties may be used to determine creditworthiness, analyze business risk, verify identity, and contact customers with marketing offers.
This change record describes what was added, removed, or modified in the document. Analysis reflects what the updated agreement states or permits. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Applicability may vary by jurisdiction. Methodology
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