The policy states that Verizon does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent, and does not knowingly collect personal information about customers' children without parental consent.
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This provision establishes the stated compliance posture under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act for online data collection from minors. The 'knowingly' qualifier is standard COPPA framing and limits the obligation to situations where Verizon has actual knowledge of a user's age.
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 →Current version removes the commitment to delete information if inadvertently collected from children under 13 and adds language about not collecting information about customers' children without consent.
View full change record →Under this provision, Verizon states it will not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. Parents who believe data has been collected from a child under 13 without consent may contact Verizon to request deletion.
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"We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. We do not knowingly collect personal information about customers' children without parental consent.Excerpt from Verizon's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes the stated compliance posture under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act for online data collection from minors. The 'knowingly' qualifier is standard COPPA framing and limits the obligation to situations where Verizon has actual knowledge of a user's age.
Under this provision, Verizon states it will not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. Parents who believe data has been collected from a child under 13 without consent may contact Verizon to request deletion.
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