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Waze updated its privacy policy on March 23, 2026 to add explicit disclosures about social network integration and the 'find friends' feature. The updated terms now specifically describe how the app collects phone numbers from a device's contact book, how social network information may be shared, and how phone numbers are used for account verification and friend discovery. The policy also made minor wording clarifications in the personal information definition and location data collection language.
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7In this Privacy Policy, the term “personal information” means information that you provide to us that personally identifies you, such as your name, email address or billing information, and, in certain circumstances, your location and route information or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information by Waze.7In this Privacy Policy, the term “personal information” means information which you provide to us which personally identifies you, such as your name, email address or billing information, and, in certain circumstances, your location and route information or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information by Waze.
13This is the case whether or not you choose to actively register your Account, for example, by adding your email address or logging in with your Google Account.13This is the case whether or not you choose to actively register your Account, for example, by adding your email address or logging with your Google Account.
37Information from your social networks which you choose to connect to your Waze Account: you may choose to connect your Waze Account to your social network account(s).
38If you choose to do so, you may choose to share with Waze and/or other users information from your social network accounts, such as your profile photo or other personal information shared by you.
39For more information see Integration with social networks , below. “Find friends feature”: if you use the “find friends” feature, Waze will collect: Periodically, Waze will collect all of the phone numbers which are stored on your device’s phone contacts book.
40With regards to the “find friends” feature we only collect numbers in a form which is anonymous to Waze; This information will be used to help us find and create a list of other Waze users who you may know and with whom you may wish to connect.
41Note that we will not collect names, addresses or other information from your device’s phone contacts book, however some of this information may be saved locally on your device and may be used within searches for your friend’s name or address within the Services. and/or Your phone number.
42Your phone number will be used to verify your account and as part of the “find friends” feature , if applicable, to help find and create a list of other Waze users who you may know and with whom you may wish to connect.
42Location and route information is collected for example in the form of GPS signals (combined with a time-stamp), IP address and other information from sensors and receivers on or around your device, on which the Application is installed and/or activated.48Location and route information is collected for example in the form of GPS signals (combined with a time-stamp), IP address and other information from sensors and receivers on or around your device, on which the Application is installed and activated.
45For example, depending on your selected device settings and/or your account settings we may collect information about your location and travel (or lack thereof) also while you are not using the app, in order to be able to tell you when to leave for planned or predicted drives, notify you about bad traffic in your area, provide you parking assistance, analyze how effective our ads are and more; Terms or venues you searched; Your views and interactions with content and ads; Your voice and audio information when you use voice and audio features; Communication or other content you chose to share with any third party, including Waze users through the Services; Your activity on third-party sites and apps that you chose to link to your Waze account or that you interact with through the Service.51For example, depending on your selected device settings and/or your account settings we may collect information about your location and travel (or lack thereof) also while you are not using the app, in order to be able to tell you when to leave for planned drives, notify you about bad traffic in your area, provide you parking assistance, analyze how effective our ads are and more; Terms or venues you searched; Your views and interactions with content and ads; Your voice and audio information when you use voice and audio features; Communication or other content you chose to share with any third party, including Waze users through the Services; Your activity on third-party sites and apps that you chose to link to your Waze account or that you interact with through the Service.
55We may also receive aggregated, non-personally identifiable information and analysis from third-party measurement services which help us understand how our users interact with our ads.61We may also receive aggregated, non-personally identifiable information and analysis from third parties measurement services which help us understand how our users interact with our ads.
57We may use various technologies to collect and store information, including cookies, Advertising ID available on Android mobile devices or similar technologies, local storage, browser web storage, application data caches, databases, and server logs.63We use various technologies to collect and store information, including cookies, Advertising ID available on Android mobile devices or similar technologies, local storage, browser web storage, application data caches, databases, and server logs.
59For example: Use your location and route information and/or search query history to provide navigation services, best route choices, traffic alerts and to provide information about sites, shops and other places and attractions in your close vicinity; and To provide advertising services, including personalized ads, in accordance with the section titled ‘Advertising campaigns’ under this Privacy Policy.65For example: Use your location and route information and/or search query history to provide navigation services, best route choices, traffic alerts and to provide information about sites, shops and other places and attractions in your close vicinity; and (If you have opted in to the “find friends” feature), use your phone number and the phone numbers which are stored in your device’s phone book to find and create a list of other Waze users who you may know and with whom you may wish to connect.
66To provide advertising services, including personalized ads, in accordance with the section titled ‘Advertising campaigns’ under this Privacy Policy.
66Based on your activity and settings on the Services we may also suggest to you drive predictions, common destinations, and personalize your ETA.73Based on your past activity on the Services we may also suggest to you drive predictions and common destinations where you use the app to navigate to and personalize your ETA.
68Depending on your settings, we may also show you personalized ads based on your interests and activity.75Depending on your settings, we may also show you personalized ads based on your interests and past activity.
105Waze may share your information in these cases, with law enforcement agencies and other competent authorities and with any third party as may be required to handle any result of your wrongdoing; If Waze is required, or reasonably believes that it is required by law to share or disclose your information; In any case of dispute, or legal proceeding of any kind between you and Waze, or between you and other users with respect to, or in relation with the Services; In any case where Waze reasonably believes that sharing information is necessary to protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Waze, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law, including to prevent imminent physical damage or damage to property; To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; If Waze organizes the operation of the Services within a different framework, or through another legal structure or entity, or if Waze is acquired by, or merged into or with another entity, or if Waze enters bankruptcy, provided however, that those entities agree to be bound by the provisions of this Privacy Policy, with respective changes taken into consideration; To collect, store, hold and manage your personal information through cloud based or hosting services or a third party or a party affiliated or connected to Waze, as reasonable for business purposes, which may be located in the European Union and the U.S.A., potentially countries outside of your jurisdiction; Waze may also share personal information with companies or organizations connected or affiliated with Waze, such as subsidiaries, sister-companies and parent companies (i.e. entities that belong to the Google group of companies); We work with other Google services (such as Google Ads) for advertising and ad measurement purposes.112Waze may share your information in these cases, with law enforcement agencies and other competent authorities and with any third party as may be required to handle any result of your wrongdoing; If Waze is required, or reasonably believes that it is required by law to share or disclose your information; In any case of dispute, or legal proceeding of any kind between you and Waze, or between you and other users with respect to, or in relation with the Services; In any case where Waze reasonably believes that sharing information is necessary to protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Waze, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law, including to prevent imminent physical damage or damage to property; To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; If Waze organizes the operation of the Services within a different framework, or through another legal structure or entity, or if Waze is acquired by, or merged into or with another entity, or if Waze enters bankruptcy, provided however, that those entities agree to be bound by the provisions of this Privacy Policy, with respective changes taken into consideration; To collect, store, hold and manage your personal information through cloud based or hosting services or a third party or a party affiliated or connected to Waze, as reasonable for business purposes, which may be located in the European Union and the U.S.A., potentially countries outside of your jurisdiction; Waze may also share personal information with companies or organizations connected or affiliated with Waze, such as subsidiaries, sister-companies and parent companies (i.e. entities that belong to the Google group of companies); We work with other Google’s services (such as Google Display and Video 360) for advertising and ad measurement purposes.
106We may share information, such as a unique identifier for advertising (i.e, Advertising ID available on Android mobile devices or similar technologies) with Google for such purposes.113In order to help advertisers decide what ads to show on Waze, Google, and websites & apps that partner with Google, we may share information with these services, such as a unique identifier for advertising (i.e, Advertising ID available on Android mobile devices or similar technologies).
109We also work with selected advertising and measurement services in order to provide marketing, advertising and measurement services for Waze with respect to Waze’s own marketing efforts, by using and sharing devices’ identifiers (i.e, Advertising ID, cookies or similar technologies).116We also work with selected advertising and measurement services which help us understand how our users interact with ads served in our platform and in order to provide marketing, advertising and measurement services for Waze with respect to Waze’s own marketing efforts, by using and sharing devices’ identifiers (i.e, Advertising ID, cookies or similar technologies).
123By setting your Waze Account to integrate with social networks, you agree to share information (including personal information) between Waze and such social networks, for the purposes provided under this Privacy Policy.130By setting your Waze Account to integrate with social networks, including by signing onto Waze by using your social network account, you agree to share information (including personal information) between Waze and such social networks, for the purposes provided under this Privacy Policy.
125When you make the Services interact with your social network account for the first time, you will be asked by the social network to permit the social network to share your personal information stored on such social network with Waze.132When you connect to the social network account through the Services for the first time or otherwise make the Services interact with your social network account, you will be asked by the social network to permit the social network to share your personal information stored on such social network with Waze.
126We collect your information from your social network account only in accordance with the permissions granted by you (such as your name, email address, profile picture and other information available via the applicable social network).133We collect your information from your social network account only in accordance with the permissions granted by you (such as your name, email address, list of friends, profile picture and other information available via the applicable social network).
149This process generally takes around 2 months from the time the deletion request was made.156This process generally takes around 2 months from the time of deletion.
167For example, GPS information that we receive from your mobile device may be provided to map editors in an aggregated and/or anonymous form to help improve the map and solve map problems, and traffic data may be provided to cities.174For example, GPS information that we receive from your mobile device may be provided to map editors in an aggregated and/or anonymous form to help improve the map and solve map problems, traffic data may be provided to cities, and aggregated ads analysis may be provided to advertisers.
176Advertising campaigns Waze allows ad campaigns to run on the Services.183Advertising campaigns Waze allows advertisers to run ad campaigns on the Services.
177The information and advertisements that you see when accessing the Services may be targeted on the basis of your current Waze activity, such as information about your location and your destination, as well as contextual information based on your current drive session.184The information and advertisements that you see when accessing the Services may be targeted on the basis of your current Waze activity, such as your current location, your destination or contextual information based on your current drive session.
193You hereby agree that we may use the internal messaging system for the purpose of informing you regarding Waze and/or third-party products or services that may interest you.200You hereby agree that we may use the internal messaging system for the purpose of informing you regarding products or services, which may interest you.
212Data Subjects’ Rights If European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK) or Israel's data protection law applies to the processing of your information, we provide the controls described in this policy so you can exercise your right to request access to, update, remove, delete, and restrict the processing of your information.219European Requirements If European Union (EU) or United Kingdom (UK) data protection law applies to the processing of your information, we provide the controls described in this policy so you can exercise your right to request access to, update, remove, delete, and restrict the processing of your information.
217European Requirements We process your information for the purposes described in this policy, based on the following legal grounds: With your consent We ask for your agreement to process your information for specific purposes and you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.224We process your information for the purposes described in this policy, based on the following legal grounds: With your consent We ask for your agreement to process your information for specific purposes and you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
232U.S. State Law Requirements Some U.S. state privacy laws require specific disclosures.239U.S. State Law requirements Some U.S. state privacy laws require specific disclosures.
245We describe the choices you have to man age your privacy and data in Controlling your personal information section.252We describe the choices you have to manage your privacy and data in Controlling your personal information section.
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