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In this article in the Guardian today, I read:
One former reporter claimed that Mulcaire was used on almost every story, if not for hacking into voicemail then for accessing confidential databases: "The paper was paying Glenn Mulcaire £2,000 a week, and they wanted their money's worth. For just about every story, they rang Glenn. It wasn't just tapping. It was routine. "Even if it was just a car crash or a house fire on a Saturday, they'd call Glenn, and he'd come back with ex-directory phone numbers, the BT list of friends and family and their addresses, lists of numbers called from their mobile phones.
How long has BT known about this? How seriously are they taking it? If it's true, then it's yet another piece of evidence that questions the credibility of claims by any organisation that "your PII is guaranteed safe with us".
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Pasha_Selim wrote:
Thank you DS. I am concerned about this alleged leaking of PII, and am considering my options. I'd like to get a few facts first, one of which is whether or not the whole BT Friends and Family list and addresses was compromised. The ball is in BT's court over that one, and I think they should have given a straight answer by now.
I intend to ask the Guardian if they stand by the veracity of that report, and the identity of the former NoW employee who made that claim, although they are bound to protect that source I suppose.
That's a good FoI suggestion. Thanks for the link.
No problem at all and I'm glad to of helped you
I too am slightly concerned for 2 reasons. One was that BT set up F 'n' F on my account without my knowledge (IIRC it's a chargeable service so I had this removed earlier this year). I don't know how long this was set up on my account and I can't remember if I allocated any phone numbers. The other thing is that my in laws still (AFAIK) have F 'n' F set up on their BT phone account and therefore depending on what info was obtained, then my EX-DIRECTORY details may be out there.
As you are the OP of this thread and you still have not received a straight answer, maybe an email to the BT CEO (sorry forum rules prevent me from posting his email address) could be beneficial.
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Pending / Approval of Friends and Family -- no warning, no follow up, lost on a technicality?

Hi,
I recently was looking at a Verizon One-Bill (all 21 pages) and saw that we were being charged for going over minutes. I found this odd since my wife and I looked at our calling detail in December and added the top 10 phone numbers.
When I signed on today it turns out that none of the Friends and Family changes were ever applied since I didn't log back in and approve them even though we have 1 userid and password just like every other family account, electric, auto insurance, OTHER ACCOUNTS IN THE ONE BILL PLAN. We made the changes while looking at my wife's phone number since she uses 90% of the family minutes but it appears I had to go back to my phone # and approve.
When I call customer service the woman was nice but when I explained that we were charged hundreds of dollars even though the F&F numbers were sitting there not used and that I did not know nor was I notified that I had to approve the account.  I asked if there was any way we cold be adjusted, again, since the numbers were there in pending status and I could onto figure out why someone would maliciously add phone numbers to F&F so why would there be a reason to approve them.
The CR that we actually had 3 accounts not 1 and when I asked her why the 3 accounts have the same login and password, she seemed shocked that we only used 1 login and password when we could have had 3. Then when I asked if there was a chance for a credit, that we have been customers for over a decade and she explained again that the changes were made on a 2ndary account and the burden was on us to know the process and apparently she thought the real issue was that I could not grasp the concept of multiple accounts under 1 family plan since she explained more slowly 2 more times.
wouldn't say anything if there was a email or text stating I have F&F in pending but there is not and you need to check the F&F to find out.   This is despite the fact that Verizon sends text every other day and my other accounts send text for all of their payment issues, as well as emails.
Has this happened to anyone else?    Can someone explain to me how, as the CR later stated, multiple accounts for each family member is the norm and not the exception even though every internet payment account we have has 1 user id and password.. 1 account for ever other utility, service, loan account we process online.
Thanks in advance

Verizon does let you set up different MyVerizon log ins for each number on your family plan. The account of the primary line/account holder has full access to all of the information on the plan, and the ability to make changes, add F&F, and generally administer the account. The secondary accounts can only access information for their specific line, cannot make most changes to the account, and cannot add F&F numbers (they can only suggest them). What they can do is manage media purchases and back-up assistant entries for the line that the account is associated with.
If you used BA or made media purchases for your secondary lines, you probably created those accounts (or perhaps they were created for you by the Verizon staff who helped you set up your phones?). You may have never logged in to them again, most people don't need them very often.
It is possible for the wrong MyVerizon account to be tagged as the "owner" account, leading to the wrong login having administration priveleges. It's pretty simple to sort out, you just have to call in and ask for the correct MyVerizon login to be designated as the account owner.
It sounds like you were logged in to a secondary MyVerizon account when you made the changes, and since those accounts don't have the priveleges to make changes to the F&F numbers, they would not have been applied to your account. In terms of getting a credit, some reps are nicer than others, you might try again. The long story short though is that Verizon isn't obligated to give you a credit and they may not.

Activating Friends and Family

For some reason, when I log in as the account owner, and try to add numbers to the friends and family, they always end up as pending. Also there's only 5 slots even though I have a family plan with 2 phones. How do I activate it?

It sounds as if you are not logged in as the Account Owner Role. Only the Account Owner Role can add the friends and family numbers. When an Account Member request to add friends and family numbers, the request is sent to the Account Owner, the account owner would see the request on a status bar on the main page once logged in. The numbers requested by the Account Member remain pending until added by the Account Owner Role. You can tell if you are the Account Owner Role, as the Account Owner Role will see can see the detailed bill for all the numbers on the account, see all the friends and family numbers, and have access to call details for all the phones.
Friends and family numbers take 24 hours to take effect from the time they are added.
Friends and family numbers can be added online by the Account Owner Role, or over the phone though an automated system at 1-800-922-0204 or *611 from the mobile device > Option 2 > Option 5 to manage Friends & Family (follow prompts as instructed).

O2 Open and Friends and Family Discount Schemes

O2 Offer 2 discount schemes:
O2 Open is employer based (certain jobs/students qualify for discounts)
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Open is 30%
F&F is 50%.
A summary of T&C's are here http://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/rewards/o2-open-terms-and-conditions and here for students http://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/rewards/student-offer-30-off-o2-refresh-airtime-plans
For F&F the employee of O2 needs to register here http://www.o2justforyou.co.uk/ and provide you with their EIN which you can then use.
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rosadosc wrote:
Why? Is there something u want to ask? They all want your EIN - you could charge a fair bit for the info

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Ok,
So I am on Friends and Family 2000minutes and unlimited Text.
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Other 3 do not have any data.
I am curious what I can do and can't do that will keep keep the plan as is and not force things to share everything.
I am allowed to have 5 phones under this plan. I am curious about adding and deleting phones.
I did try and add a 5th phone. When I tried to activate a 5th phone online it would not let me do it. Tried to get me to change plans.
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I would like to add a 5th phone. My father has an account and I would like to roll him into my plan instead of his own account. I have already done this once before many years ago with no problem with 2 of the lines that I currently have. Is this possible or is that enough to trigger the move share everything scenario.
Second. how about removing a line from my plan?
One of my numbers is for an 18YO that wants to be more independent and have their own account. Can I down the road either transfer that line and number to its own account which would be share everything (I do understand that). Or can I delete that line from the account without triggering the share everything scenario?
Also it seems when I look online I can change data plans currently three phones are on data block. Can I actually change them to a data plan within the Friends and family or is the Share everything scenario triggered. What about if I change them to a smart phone from their basic/feature phone. I know I can't get unlimited data but can I still get them on my friends and family tiered data plan?
What is up.
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yes to everything; you can add a line (up to 5 total for Family Share), drop a line, upgrade a basic line to a smartphone (and then add a tiered data plan) and stay on your current calling plan ... it may be easier done in your local Corporate Verizon store, though ... just be sure they don't try to switch you to Share Everything if that's not what you want

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If a Friends and Family number is set to forward calls, does it count as a Friends and Family call?

I just want to make sure this is correct and that I'm not misinterpreting what I'm seeing on my call summary (I just started doing this, so haven't gotten an actual bill yet).
I have a non-Verizon Friends and Family number that I set up to forward to my Verizon cell phone.
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I thought that since the number is actually going to my Friends and Family number, and then being forwarded from there, that it would show up as a Friends and Family call, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
If anyone could verify how calls going to a Friends and Family number and then being forwarded to a Verizon phone should be categorized, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.

barts185 wrote:
Not sure why the double post. If you are using IE9, it double posts unless you are using "compatibility mode". Why it does that is another issue.....
I don't see a way to delete it, so am editing it. Hey, that works - and kudos to you for figuring out how to edit a post
Thanks again!
Off topic, yes, and it looks like rcschnoor answered your question. All is well.

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I can't find where to enter or change my Friends and Family telephone numbers.
Where has this feature gone?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

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from user john56: It ended when free evening and weekend calls and any-time call packages became popular as they provide you with free calls rather then reduced price calls from friends ad family.
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I have this feature on my account but does anyone know how I add friends and family to my list please. Thank yiou.

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