Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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How to Limit the Sharing and Use of Your Information You have choices about how Verizon shares and uses information.

What can I do if I think my privacy rights have been violated?

Verizon takes your privacy rights very seriously. If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated, please contact us immediately. We will take immediate steps to address your concerns. If you believe that you have been aggrieved as a result of our violation of the Cable Act, you may enforce the limitations imposed on us by the Cable Act through a civil lawsuit seeking damages, attorney's fees, and litigation costs. Other rights and remedies may be available to you under federal or other applicable laws as well.

Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI):

You may choose whether to allow Verizon to share your CPNI within the Verizon family of companies for marketing categories of services other than those you currently have. This choice will remain in effect unless you change it. Verizon customers who do not want their landline CPNI data shared with affiliated companies may call us at the state-specific toll-free telephone number we provide. Verizon Wireless mass-market customers who do not want their wireless CPNI data shared with affiliated companies may call 1-800-333-9956 and follow the voice prompts. National and major account customers of Verizon Wireless and corporate and government customers of Verizon Business in the United States may decline or withdraw CPNI consent by following the instructions in their service agreements or CPNI consent forms with Verizon Wireless or Verizon Business.

Telemarketing:
Federal "Do Not Call" laws allow you to place residential landline and wireless phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry to prevent telemarketing calls to those numbers. If you would like to add your numbers to this list, you may do so by calling 1-888-382-1222, or by visiting www.donotcall.gov.

You should be aware that even if you add your number(s) to the federal or a state Do Not Call list, most telemarketing laws allow companies to contact their own customers. If at any time you would like to be removed from Verizon's residential telemarketing list, please let us know by contacting a Verizon customer service representative at 1-800-VERIZON. Verizon Wireless maintains its own separate Do Not Call list. If you would like to be removed from the Verizon Wireless telemarketing list, please let us know by contacting a Verizon Wireless customer service representative at 1-800-922-0204. Please allow 30 days for your telephone number to be removed from any sales programs that are currently underway.

Marketing Email, Postal Mail and Door-to-Door Calls:
You may opt out of receiving marketing-related emails from Verizon by visiting our "Unsubscribe" site and providing the requested information. You may opt out of receiving marketing-related emails from Verizon Wireless by contacting a Verizon Wireless customer service representative at 1-800-922-0204. You may also opt out of receiving marketing-related emails by following the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of any marketing email you receive from Verizon or Verizon Wireless.

You may opt out of receiving marketing-related postal mailings or prevent door-to-door marketing solicitations from Verizon by calling a customer service representative at 1-800-VERIZON. You may opt out of receiving marketing-related postal mailing or prevent text message marketing by Verizon Wireless by calling a Verizon Wireless customer service representative at 1-800-922-0204. Text message solicitations from Verizon Wireless also contain an "unsubscribe" feature that you can use to prevent any further text message marketing messages from us.

Web Site Cookies:
As described in more detail in the "How to Delete or Disable Cookies" section, you may opt out of the automatic collection of information by certain Web sites by deleting or disabling cookies on your computer or you may opt out of the automatic collection of information by third-party advertisers by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out site.

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