I have a verizon cell phone account - is there anything that I can do

Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information
We enable you to control how and if we disclose your personally identifiable information to other persons or entities, except as required by law or to protect the safety of customers, employees or property or except when we share such information with agents, affiliates, suppliers, vendors, consultants and contractors who use it to provide or support our products and services.

Subject to these exceptions, we will share your personally identifiable information with persons or entities outside the company only when you have consented.

An example of when we would disclose personally identifiable information to an outside person or entity is when we are served with a subpoena for customer information. In such cases, we are required to release the information. Another example would be if we share personally identifiable information with other carriers and/or with law enforcement to prevent and investigate fraud and other unlawful use of communications services. A third example would be if we share with our affiliates personally identifiable information related to products or services you currently receive from them or us.

According to USA Today, the telephone companies are removing the names and addresses of their customers from the records they give the NSA.

But the government has many means of identifying account owners, including access to commercial databases from ChoicePoint and LexisNexis.

WHAT THE PHONE COMPANIES HAVE TO SAY

Statements from the three telephone companies that USA TODAY reported helped the National Security Agency collect records of domestic phone calls without court authorization.

AT&T
"AT&T has a long history of vigorously protecting consumer privacy. Our customers expect, deserve and receive nothing less than our fullest commitment to their privacy.
"We also have an obligation to assist law enforcement and other government agencies responsible for protecting the public welfare, whether it be an individual or the security interests of the entire nation.
"We prize the trust our customers place in us. If and when AT&T is asked to help, we do so strictly within the law and under the most stringent conditions. Beyond that, we don't comment on matters of national security."

BellSouth
"BellSouth does not provide any confidential customer information to the NSA or any governmental agency without proper legal authority."

Verizon
"We do not comment on national security matters, we act in full compliance with the law, and we are committed to safeguarding our customers' privacy."