The change

Verizon updated its Full Privacy Policy, which now reads “Updated October 2026” instead of September. The main addition sits in the section on interest-based advertising choices, right after the instructions for limiting ad tracking on Apple and Android devices.

The new paragraph opens: “Verizon Wireless customers participating in Verizon Dollars may be offered an opportunity to earn Verizon Dollars through use of the Glance lockscreen app.” Glance is a lock screen platform that shows news, sports, weather, and shopping content, along with ads, when you wake your phone.

What changed

• What Verizon shares. “If you elect to participate, we may disclose limited information to Glance to verify your eligibility, provide you with your earned Verizon Dollars, and for customer support.”

• What Glance may do. “If you consent, Glance may collect, use and share personal information, including sensitive personal information, as described in the Glance AI privacy policy, for purposes such as delivering interest-based advertising.”

• How to stop. “You may stop participating by uninstalling the Glance app.”

• Rewards as an incentive. The policy used to say “Certain Verizon Value brands offer financial incentives.” It now says “Verizon and certain Verizon Value brands” do, through discounts, coupons, “or the ability to earn discounts through our loyalty programs.”

• More rights for Visible Merch. Visible Merch customers could submit requests “to access or correct information.” They can now submit requests “to know, access, delete, or correct data.”

How Lock Screen Rewards works

The privacy policy points to the Verizon Dollars Program Terms and Conditions, which say they are “effective as of June 16, 2026.” Under those terms, eligible customers “may earn $5 in Verizon Dollars each calendar month by actively engaging with the Glance Platform.” To qualify, “you must complete at least 60 minutes of qualified engagement in a calendar month, as determined by Glance.”

Verizon’s Lock Screen Rewards FAQ explains what counts: “The timer runs while you interact with content, such as reading, scrolling, searching, or watching.” On Android, the terms ask you to “Enable and maintain Glance as the active Lock Screen experience.” On iPhone, you “Add and maintain three (3) Glance widgets on the Lock Screen.”

The program itself is not new. The terms already described it in June. What changed in October is that Verizon’s main privacy policy now tells customers about the data side of the deal.

The reward depends on ad tracking

The privacy policy frames Glance’s use of your data as something that happens “If you consent.” The program terms make clear what saying no costs. They state that “Glance requires you to share personal information, including sensitive personal information,” and that if you stop sharing or opt out of targeted advertising, “you will no longer qualify to earn Verizon Dollars through the Lock Screen Rewards program.”

The FAQ lists the same conditions from the other side. To be eligible, you must not have “opted out of data sharing for advertising and personalization,” and the FAQ also warns that “Glance may change its criteria from time-to-time.”

So the choice is real, but it is a trade: $5 a month in Verizon Dollars in exchange for letting a third party use your personal information, including sensitive information, for interest-based advertising. Verizon’s policy does not list which sensitive data Glance collects. It sends you to Glance’s own privacy policy for that.

What did not change

• Verizon still says: “We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information beyond what is needed to provide the products and services you request, with your consent, or for other purposes specified in the law.”

• Verizon still says it will “give you a choice” before using or disclosing information that identifies you “in a way that is materially different from what we stated in our privacy policy at the time we collected that information from you.”

• The other edits are small: “caller ID” is now “Caller ID,” and “Straight Talk Wireless” is now listed as “Straight Talk.”

Why this matters

Rewards that pay you for data are becoming a normal part of consumer terms. Gmail, Drive, and Photos can now shape Google ads if you connect them, and Uber now says its ad partners may combine your data with other sources. Verizon’s version puts a price on it: a small monthly credit in return for ad tracking by another company.

For companies, the same question applies to work phones. If employees on a company Verizon account can join a program that sends personal and sensitive data to a third party, that is one more data flow to know about. Changes like this sit inside long policies, which is why automated monitoring beats manual checks.

Potential impact

If you are a Verizon Wireless customer, the update raises four practical questions:

• Have you joined Lock Screen Rewards, or did someone on your account join it?

• Is $5 a month in Verizon Dollars worth letting Glance use your personal and sensitive information for ads?

• If your company pays for Verizon lines, can employees join consumer reward programs on work phones?

• If you shop at Visible Merch, do you want to use your new right to see or delete your data?

How Venpo detected it

Venpo monitors Verizon’s privacy policy and flagged the October update on October 16, 2026, with every inserted and deleted line marked. The record is on the Verizon change page. Every quote from the policy in this article was checked against the redline.

Business outcome

Readers who see this change can decide whether to keep the Glance app before more of their data flows to it. Teams that manage company phone plans can set a rule for reward programs on work devices. That is what continuous monitoring of vendor legal changes is for.

Key takeaway

Since October 2026, Verizon’s privacy policy says Glance may use your personal and sensitive information for ads if you join Lock Screen Rewards, and the program terms say opting out of that sharing ends the $5 monthly reward, so decide whether the trade is worth it.