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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.
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We employ physical, electronic, and managerial measures to safeguard the data we collect online. However, no company can fully eliminate security risks, so we cannot make guarantees about any part of our services.
We do not make any promises that these will be available 100% of the time. Our Services may be disrupted during certain periods, including, for example, as a result of scheduled or emergency maintenance.
NETFLIX DOES NOT GUARANTEE, REPRESENT, OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE NETFLIX SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
"Although we strive to keep information secure, we can't guarantee that our safeguards will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use or disclose personal information.Excerpt from Verizon's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “Although we strive to keep information secure, we can't guarantee that our safeguards will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use or disclose personal information.”
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