"We have heard the concerns and are actively re-evaluating this method,"
Shame you didn't think there might be any "concerns" by maybe, you know, asking people before starting yet another creepy data raping system or even using your own instead of piggy-backing on others "work".
Of course, they are tracking and spying on Verizon customers without consent, including minors unable to even give consent. Verizon have a lot to answer for too for enabling it, even though they claim not to use it.
These people really do seem to live in some closed off private little world of their own where morals are a serious career impediment.