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This clause enumerates legally enforceable privacy rights California residents hold against Verizon, establishing the scope of individual control over personal data Verizon collects.
Interpretive note: The excerpt ends with '...' indicating the list of CCPA rights may be incomplete as quoted. Only the rights explicitly stated in the excerpt are included in the canonical claim.
The updated policy removes four instances of opt-out guidance that previously directed Verizon Community users to a 'Your Privacy Choices' page. This removal eliminates a disclosed method for managing privacy preferences within that service. Verizon Community users will no longer have this specific instruction in the published policy to locate opt-out controls.
View change record →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.
View change record →California residents can request from Verizon what data it holds about them, how that data is used, access or deletion of that data within certain limits, correction of data believed inaccurate, and limits on use of certain sensitive personal information.
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You can contact us in order to (1) update or correct your personally identifiable information, (2) change your preferences with respect to communications and other information you receive from us, or (3) delete the personally identifiable information maintained about you...
Access information about you consistent with legal requirements. In addition, you may have the right in some cases to receive or have your electronic information transferred to another party.
If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We strongly encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.
"This law provides you with the right to know what information we collect about you and how we use it, access and delete that information within certain limits, request that we correct information that you believe is inaccurate, limit the use of certain sensitive personal information...Excerpt from Verizon's Privacy Policy
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This clause enumerates legally enforceable privacy rights California residents hold against Verizon, establishing the scope of individual control over personal data Verizon collects.
California residents can request from Verizon what data it holds about them, how that data is used, access or deletion of that data within certain limits, correction of data believed inaccurate, and limits on use of certain sensitive personal information.
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