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Last year, Verizon Wireless changed its privacy policy and started anonymously tracking mobile phone usage among its customers. All new customers, including iPhone 5 owners, are automatically opted in to this program when they activate a line of service with the carrier. The anonymous tracking collects information like the URLs of websites that you visit and your device’s location.
Verizon assures customers that this information is anonymous and can not be used to identify you. It is used for “business and marketing reports” and for targeted mobile ads. Most of the information is used internally, and some is shared with third-party companies.
If you don’t want Verizon collecting this information from your iPhone 5, then you must login to your My Verizon account and go to Verizon’s MyPrivacy section (www.verizonwireless.com/myprivacy). You can opt out of the tracking by selecting “Don’t Share my CPNI” for each mobile phone number on your account. CPNI stands for Customer Proprietary Network Information, if you are wondering.
[Via The Next Web]
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Kelly Hodgkins
Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.
