The policy authorizes Verizon to share customer information with vendors and business partners providing billing, payment, analytics, security, marketing, and advertising services, which may include device identifiers, browsing data, and location information.
This analysis describes what Verizon's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This provision establishes that customer data including browsing activity, location, and device identifiers may be shared with marketing and advertising partners, with the breadth of sharing categories creating exposure under CCPA and CPRA definitions of 'sale' or 'sharing' for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Interpretive note: Whether specific data flows to advertising partners constitute 'sale' or 'sharing' under CPRA depends on the commercial relationship and data use restrictions in partner contracts, which are not detailed in this policy.
The new version expands emphasis on advertising and analytics partners and explicitly lists analytics and advertising as specific sharing purposes, while de-emphasizing joint marketing and emergency services.
View full change record →Under this clause, Verizon may share customer information, including identifiers, browsing data, and location data, with advertising, analytics, and marketing partners. California residents may exercise a Do Not Sell or Share right with respect to this data sharing through the opt-out mechanisms described in the policy.
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The types of third parties your information may be disclosed to include: our resellers and other sales and advertising partners, retailers, advertisers, ad agencies, advertising networks and platforms, information service providers, fraud monitoring and prevention providers, and publishers.
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we may use, retain or share information with law enforcement or others in circumstances where a person's vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies.
"We share information about you with others outside of Verizon in certain circumstances... Business and marketing partners. We share information with companies that help us with a variety of tasks, including vendors and partners that provide assistance with billing, payment, analytics, security, marketing, advertising, and similar services.Excerpt from Verizon's Privacy Policy (Summary)
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: CCPA and CPRA define 'sharing' broadly to include disclosures to third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising, and this provision's disclosure of data sharing with advertising and analytics partners likely triggers CPRA opt-out …
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This provision establishes that customer data including browsing activity, location, and device identifiers may be shared with marketing and advertising partners, with the breadth of sharing categories creating exposure under CCPA and CPRA definitions of 'sale' or 'sharing' for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Under this clause, Verizon may share customer information, including identifiers, browsing data, and location data, with advertising, analytics, and marketing partners. California residents may exercise a Do Not Sell or Share right with respect to this data sharing through the opt-out mechanisms described in the policy.
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