California Consumer Privacy Act - 2025 Reporting

Introduction

California law requires businesses to report annually on the number of privacy requests they receive each year.  The sections below report the number of requests to know, delete, correct, and opt out of selling and sharing for cross-contextual advertising that we received between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.

Consumers

Verizon received the following requests from consumers, other than employees and contractors, nationwide in 2025.

 

 

Request to Know

Request to Delete

Request to Correct 

Do Not Sell, Share, & Target*

Total Requests

32,765

20,859

6,977

8,035,214

Complied with in whole or in part

30,952

20,457

6,388

8,030,841

Denied

1,814

402

589

3,373

Average Response Time (Days)

14

5

3

<1

 

*These figures include approximately 7.2M requests received through a Global Privacy Control.     

Employees and Contractors

Verizon received the following requests from employees and contractors residing in California in 2025. Verizon does not sell or share for cross-contextual advertising the personal information associated with employees or contractors.

 

 

Request to Know

Request to Delete

Request to Correct 

Do Not Sell, Share, & Target

Total Requests

1

8

N/A

N/A

Complied with in whole or in part

1

6

N/A

N/A

Denied

0

2

N/A

N/A

Average Response Time (Days)

15

11

N/A

N/A

Updated: July 2026