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Google Fi "opted you in" to data selling - You can opt out of CPNI (fi.google.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dawni to c/googlepixel

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Received an email from Google Fi that their policy is to "opt you in" to sell your phone-call and purchase info to advertisers. They call the data your CPNI — "Customer Proprietary Network Information". Making this an opt-out when it's a combo of your shopping data plus phone-call data (including destination and location) plus Google identity seems pretty egregious to me.

Anyway, the emailed notice is easy to overlook as just another policy update that you wouldn't do anything about. But you can opt out.

At https://fi.google.com/account, go to "Privacy & security", and deselect "Allow CPNI sharing". It's not in the Fi app; you have to do it in a browser.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone have good suggestions to the next carrier I can switch to? I do a lot of international travel and like the Fi being available everywhere.

[–] HWK_290 4 points 1 year ago

I'm curious too... It's more the cost. I'm sure all telecoms are neck deep in this kind of shit. And if one mvno isn't, they're still using their infrastructure. But the unlimited international plan is $110 for 2 people, which is tough on my budget