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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/att-selling-data_n_3561263.html">AT&T</a>,
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Verizon Wireless</a>, and <a href="http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1623#optin">
Sprint</a> have announced they will be selling “anonymized and aggregated” user data to third-party businesses and marketing companies. This data, known as Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI), may include information such as your location, Web browsing
history, technical configuration, mobile app usage, and more. All three carriers will automatically opt all personal lines into these programs. MIT Corporate and Business lines will not be part of this program, according to these carriers.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint do let users opt out of these programs within their wireless account privacy settings. This will not stop the carriers from collecting the data but will protect your CPNI from being sold. </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Directions
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">For a better understanding of the carriers' programs and intentions, see<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/513016/how-wireless-carriers-are-monetizing-your-movements/"><i> "How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing
Your Movements"</i></a> from MIT Technology Review. In addition, the FCC provides
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