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This clause creates a user-choice trigger specifically conditioned on material difference from prior policy, meaning non-material changes would not require a choice, and defines the threshold that separates protected from unprotected policy evolution.
Interpretive note: The excerpt ends with '...' so the specific form or mechanism of the 'choice' Verizon will offer is not captured. The second item in what_this_means is logically derived from the materiality threshold stated in the canonical claim and is not a separate proposition introduced from outside the claim.
If Verizon materially changes how it uses or discloses information that identifies you personally—relative to its policy when it collected that information—you will be given a choice about the new use or disclosure before it applies to you.
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"If we decide to use or disclose information that identifies you personally in a way that is materially different from what we stated in our privacy policy at the time we collected that information from you, we will give you a choice about the new use or disclosure...Excerpt from Verizon's Privacy Policy
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This clause creates a user-choice trigger specifically conditioned on material difference from prior policy, meaning non-material changes would not require a choice, and defines the threshold that separates protected from unprotected policy evolution.
If Verizon materially changes how it uses or discloses information that identifies you personally—relative to its policy when it collected that information—you will be given a choice about the new use or disclosure before it applies to you.
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