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| 5 | This Privacy Policy covers: User Accounts & Accessing the Services Information that is being collected Why Waze collects data Sharing your information Visibility Integration with social networks Integration with other third party services Controlling your personal information How Waze retains data we collect How does Waze use aggregated information Cookies Advertising campaigns Information security Compliance & cooperation with regulators Changes to this Privacy Policy To use our Services you must be 16 years of age or older. | 5 | This Privacy Policy covers: User Accounts & Accessing the Services Information that is being collected Why Waze collects data Sharing your information Visibility Integration with other third-party services Controlling your personal information How Waze retains data we collect How does Waze use aggregated information Cookies Ads on Waze Information security Compliance & cooperation with regulators Changes to this Privacy Policy In this Privacy Policy, the term “Personal Information” means any information that you provide to us in the course of using the Waze Services, that can personally identify you, such as your name, email address and, in certain circumstances, your location and route information or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information by Waze. |
| 6 | If you are under 16, you may not download or use the Services. | 6 | You can adjust your Privacy Settings in the Waze app and choose which Personal Information we may collect about you and how your information is used. |
| 7 | In 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. | — | Removed |
| 8 | You can adjust your Privacy Settings in the Waze app and choose which personal information we may collect about you and how your information is used. | — | Removed |
| 9 | Contact Waze - Privacy concerns reports If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you believe that your privacy has been compromised in the course of using the Services, please contact Waze at: privacy@waze.com . | — | Removed |
| 10 | You may send Waze other requests, responses, questions and complaints by email at: support@waze.com . | — | Removed |
| 13 | This 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. | 9 | This 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. |
| 15 | If you choose to use the Waze Services without registering your account you may do so by skipping the registration process. | 11 | If you choose to use the Waze Services without registering your account, you may do so by skipping the registration process. |
| 21 | If you do register your Account: Waze will link all of your information with your registered Account. | 17 | If you do register your Account: Waze will link all of your information from your non-registered account with your registered Account. |
| 22 | This includes information received from all devices and browsers which you have chosen to sign in; With the exception described in the bullet below and as explained in the section “Visibility” below, your Account and information associated with your Account (including your internal unique identifier) will be visible only to Waze; and When using the Services, your approximate location and other information you may choose to contribute will be visible to other users associated with this Account. | 18 | This includes information received from all devices and browsers from which you have chosen to sign in to your Waze Account; With the exception described in the bullet below and as explained in the section “Visibility” below, your Account and information associated with your Account (including your internal unique identifier) will be visible only to Waze; and When using the Services, your approximate location and other information you may choose to contribute will be visible to other users and associated with your Account. |
| 26 | You must maintain your login details in absolute confidentiality and avoid disclosing them to others. | 22 | If you set a password, we recommend that you change your password frequently and at least once every six months. |
| 27 | If you set a password, make sure that you change your password frequently and at least once every six months. | 23 | Information that is being collected We want you to understand the types of information we collect as you use our services. |
| 28 | Information that is being collected We want you to understand the types of information we collect as you use our services Waze collects information to provide better services to all its users - from figuring out stuff like what’s the best route, to more complex things like monitoring traffic so you know when to leave, and showing you relevant ads while using Waze. | 24 | Waze collects information to provide better services to all its users - from figuring out stuff like what’s the best route, to more complex things like monitoring traffic so you know when to leave, as well as to show you high-quality, relevant ads while using Waze. |
| 33 | If you do not enter the requisite data in these fields, you may not be able to register your Account or to be provided with certain features (but you may still use our Services as explained in the above section “User Accounts & Accessing the Services”); and/or Information that you choose to share with Waze: information that you choose to share with Waze, including a username you have chosen, reports associated with your username, phone number, “home” or “work”, other “favorites”, car’s details, destinations you may travel to, search queries, calendar information (if you choose to activate and use certain Service features like time to leave reminders) and files you have uploaded to the service, including voice and audio files, if applicable. | 29 | If you do not enter the requisite data in these fields, you may not be able to register your Account or to be provided with certain features (but you may still use our Services as explained in the above section “User Accounts & Accessing the Services”); and/or Information that you choose to share with Waze: information that you choose to share with Waze, including a username you have chosen, reports associated with your username, phone number, “home” or “work” addresses, other “favorites”, car’s details, destinations you may travel to, search queries, calendar information (if you choose to activate and use certain Service features like time to leave reminders) and files you have uploaded to the service, including voice and audio files, if applicable. |
| 34 | Even if you aren’t registered to a Waze Account, you might choose to provide us with information. | 30 | You may choose to provide us with information, even if you didn’t register your Waze Account. |
| 35 | Communication which you choose to conduct through the Waze Services: if you choose to use Waze to communicate with other Waze users or third parties through the Waze Services, such as chat messages or sending pinned locations on the Waze platform. | 31 | Communication you conduct through the Waze Services: if you choose to use Waze to communicate with other Waze users or third parties through the Waze Services, such as chat messages or sending pinned locations on the Waze platform. |
| 37 | Information 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). | — | Removed |
| 38 | If 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. | — | Removed |
| 39 | For 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. | — | Removed |
| 40 | With 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. | — | Removed |
| 41 | Note 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. | — | Removed |
| 42 | Your 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. | — | Removed |
| 44 | For example, if you provide us with your “home” and “work” information, we may provide you with what we think is the preferred route between those locations. | 34 | For example, if you provide us with your “home” and “work” addresses, we may provide you with what we think is the preferred route between those locations. |
| 46 | This includes things like finding you the preferred route and proposing favorites or destinations commonly traveled by you to streamline your search and travel. | 36 | This includes things like finding you the preferred route and proposing favorites or destinations commonly visited by you to streamline your search and travel. |
| 48 | Location 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. | 38 | Location and route information is collected for example in the form of GPS and other sensor data from your device, 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. |
| 51 | For 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. | 41 | For example, depending on your selected device settings and/or your account settings, we may collect information about your location and travel (or lack thereof) even when you are not using the app, to tell you when to leave for planned or predicted drives, notify you about bad traffic in your area, provide you parking assistance, 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. |
| 53 | For example: Waze may collect and record how often you use our Services and for how long, your device type, unique identifiers, operating system type & version, battery usage, the third party web pages or applications you visit or use or interact with via the Application, information that you viewed on our Services, advertisements that are shown to you or that you view or click on, the fact that you used the Services to communicate with other users and the fact that you used third parties application/services via Waze to communicate with third parties, and the duration of such communications, the Internet Protocol (IP) address and the name of the domain that serves you to access the Services, and the geographic location of the device that you are using to log in and use Waze on. | 43 | For example: Waze may collect and record how often you use our Services and for how long, your device type, unique identifiers, operating system type & version, battery usage, the third-party web pages or applications you visit or use or interact with via the Application, information that you viewed on our Services, information related to ads you view or interact with, the fact that you used the Services to communicate with other users and the fact that you used third-party application/services via Waze to communicate with third parties, and the duration of such communications, the Internet Protocol (IP) address and the name of the domain that serves you to access the Services, and the geographic location of the device that you are using to log in and use Waze on. |
| 54 | Waze may also collect information about apps installed on your device that Waze can link with - such as third party music or media audio service apps (e.g. Spotify). | 44 | Waze may also collect information about apps installed on your device that Waze can link with - such as third-party music or media audio service apps (e.g. Spotify). |
| 55 | We also collect information about the interaction of your devices with our Services, including, crash reports, system activity, and the date, time, and referrer URL of your request. | 45 | If you are using the Waze app on an Android device, Waze may also collect information about the Google account signed in to that Android device, subject to your Google account controls. |
| 56 | Information we collect about you from our partners We work with ad partners, including advertisers on our platform and entities that belong to the Google group of companies, in order to show you more relevant and useful ads based on your Waze activity and information associated with your device’s identifier (i.e, Advertising identifiers or similar technologies) shared with us by our ad partners. | 46 | We also collect information about the interaction of your devices with our Services, including crash reports, system activity, and the date, time, and referrer URL of your request. |
| 57 | Your device’s identifier can be managed in your device’s settings (for more information: see here and here ). | — | Removed |
| 58 | You can decide whether we’ll show you personalized ads or not through your in-app Privacy Settings–>Ads personalization. | — | Removed |
| 59 | Note: turning Ads personalization off does not turn off ads - only their personalization. | — | Removed |
| 60 | For more information see section titled ‘Advertising campaigns’ under this Privacy Policy. | — | Removed |
| 61 | We 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. | — | Removed |
| 62 | We may also receive information from third party services about how Waze’s own marketing efforts performed on third party sites or platforms. | — | Removed |
| 63 | We 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. | — | Removed |
| 65 | For 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. | 48 | For example: We 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 We may share your submissions with other users of the Services and to facilitate communication between you, Waze and other users. |
| 66 | To provide advertising services, including personalized ads, in accordance with the section titled ‘Advertising campaigns’ under this Privacy Policy. | 49 | Maintain & improve our services We also use your information to ensure our Services are working as intended, such as tracking outages or troubleshooting issues you report to us. |
| 67 | To share your submissions with other users of the Services and to facilitate communication between you, Waze and other users. | 50 | And we use your information to improve the Services or to develop new features or services. |
| 68 | Maintain & improve our services We also use your information to ensure our services are working as intended, such as tracking outages or troubleshooting issues you report to us. | — | Removed |
| 69 | And we use your information to improve the service or to develop new features or services. | — | Removed |
| 73 | Based 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. | 54 | Based on your activity and settings on the Services, we may also suggest to you drive predictions, common destinations, and personalize your ETA. |
| 75 | Depending on your settings, we may also show you personalized ads based on your interests and past activity. | 56 | Depending on your settings, we may also show you personalized ads based on your interests and activity. |
| 76 | For more information see section titled ‘Advertising campaigns’ under this Privacy Policy. | 57 | For more information, see the section titled 'Ads on Waze' in this Privacy Policy. |
| 77 | Measure performance We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how our services are used. | 58 | Measure performance We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how our Services are used. |
| 79 | We also use the data we collected about the ads you view or interact with (e.g. click on) to help advertisers understand the performance of their ad campaigns and to provide them with aggregated reports. | 60 | We also use the data we collect about the ads you view or interact with to help advertisers understand the performance of their ad campaigns and to provide them with aggregated reports. |
| 80 | We may also use data to measure the usability and effectiveness of Waze’s own marketing efforts on third party sites or platforms. | 61 | We may also use data to measure the usability and effectiveness of Waze’s own marketing efforts on third-party sites or platforms. |
| 90 | This information may be shared either directly to the Services and to all users, such as in the case of traffic reports, or just to your friends on Waze. | 71 | This information may be shared either directly to the Services and to all users, such as in the case of traffic reports. |
| 91 | This information may also be shared via third party services (such as social networks) which interact with the Services upon such users’ choice. | 72 | This information may also be shared via third-party services (such as music apps like Spotify) which interact with the Services upon such users’ choice. |
| 99 | In any event (but except as detailed below with respect to information shared from your social network accounts according to your privacy settings for such social network accounts), your email address will not be visible to others through any reports or user posts that you share or upload. if you choose to either record your own voice onto the Service, or to use the voice command features, Waze will collect the voice information related to such use, including voice files. | 80 | In any event, your email address will not be visible to others through any reports or user posts that you share or upload. |
| 81 | If you choose to either record your own voice onto the Service, or to use the voice command features, Waze will collect the voice information related to such use, including voice files. | ||
| 108 | We do not accept any liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with your participation in any activity or event initiated, held or conducted by a user or a third party nor in connection to any agreement between the users or third parties, including any activity or event related in any way, directly or indirectly, the Services or the use thereof. | 90 | We do not accept any liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with your participation in any activity or event initiated, held or conducted by a user or a third-party nor in connection to any agreement between the users or third parties, including any activity or event related in any way, directly or indirectly, the Services or the use thereof. |
| 112 | Waze 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. | 94 | Waze 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 is a Google-owned entity and may also share Personal Information with its Google affiliates, such as subsidiaries, sister-companies and parent companies that belong to the Google group of companies; For example, Waze will share your de-identified information, including your Account settings, location and route-related data and meta-data with other Google mapping and navigation products and services to develop, maintain or improve Waze and/or Google’s maps, speeds and closures information, as well as other navigation functionalities and road alerts. |
| 113 | In 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). | 95 | We work with other Google services such as Google Ads for advertising and ad measurement purposes. |
| 114 | You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and how you can control that in this page. | 96 | We may share information with Google for such purposes. |
| 115 | For more information see section titled ‘Advertising campaigns’ under this Privacy Policy. | 97 | You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and how you can control that on this page. |
| 116 | We 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). | 98 | For more information, see the section titled 'Ads on Waze' in this Privacy Policy. |
| 118 | For example, we use service providers to help us with customer services. | 100 | For example, we use service providers to help us with customer service. |
| 127 | Integration with social networks You may choose to share information between your Waze account and your social network account . | 109 | Integration with third-party services Waze may offer you the option to link Waze to third-party services that may be useful to you (like, Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Audio). |
| 128 | Through this option, you may choose to have personal information and other content about you available from social networks, transmitted and shared through the Services. | 110 | Where Waze detects an integration may be available (either because a third-party service attempts to link to Waze, or Waze detects an installed service on the device which has an integration option, or you request a particular integration), Waze will ask for confirmation to connect the accounts. |
| 129 | Similarly, you may choose to have personal information and other content about you available from Waze, including your location and route information, transmitted to and shared through your social network account. | 111 | If you choose to connect the accounts, Waze will ask for your permission to share data with the third-party service. |
| 130 | By 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. | 112 | You should only agree to connect accounts if you are comfortable with the third-party service receiving the data set out at the time of connecting the accounts and Waze is not responsible for the third-party service’s use of data. |
| 131 | The social network’s use of information made available by Waze is governed by that social network’s privacy policy and controlled by the social network, not by this Privacy Policy or Waze. | 113 | You can disconnect Waze and the third-party service at any time and Waze will cease sharing data with that service from the point of disconnection onwards. |
| 132 | When 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. | — | Removed |
| 133 | We 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). | — | Removed |
| 134 | You understand and agree that the Services may access, make available and store such information so that it is available on and through your Waze Account, until your Waze Account is deleted. | — | Removed |
| 135 | Please note that certain information which you have defined as private on your third party social network accounts may become public to other Waze Users through the Services once you have allowed the social network to share such information with Waze. | — | Removed |
| 136 | Integration with other third party services Waze may offer you the option to link Waze to third party services that may be useful to you (like, Spotify). | — | Removed |
| 137 | Where Waze detects an integration may be available (either because a third party service attempts to link to Waze, or Waze detects an installed service on the device which has an integration option, or you request a particular integration), Waze will ask for confirmation to connect the accounts. | — | Removed |
| 138 | If you choose to connect the accounts, Waze will ask for your permission to share data with the third party service. | — | Removed |
| 139 | You should only agree to connect accounts if you are comfortable with the third party service receiving the data set out at the time of connecting the accounts and Waze is not responsible for the third party service’s use of data. | — | Removed |
| 140 | You can disconnect Waze and the third party service at any time and Waze will cease sharing data with that service from the point of disconnection onwards. | — | Removed |
| 147 | Privacy controls Your in-app Privacy Settings provide you with quick access to settings and tools that let you safeguard your data and decide how your information can make Waze services work better for you. | 120 | Privacy controls Your in-app Privacy Settings provide you with quick access to settings and tools that let you safeguard your data and decide how your information can make Waze Services work better for you. |
| 148 | For example, you can control your visibility on the map and manage your preferences about the ads shown to you on Waze. | 121 | For example, you can control your visibility on the map and manage whether the ads shown to you on Waze are personalized or not. |
| 156 | This process generally takes around 2 months from the time of deletion. | 129 | This process generally takes around 2 months from the time the deletion request was made. |
| 172 | Waze may use anonymous, statistical or aggregated information (including anonymous location information), in a form that does not enable the identification of a specific user, to properly operate the Services, to improve the quality of the Services, to enhance your experience, to create new services and features, including customized services, to change or cancel existing content or service, and for further internal, commercial and statistical purposes (including advertising). | 145 | Waze may use anonymous, statistical, pseudonymous or aggregated information (including anonymous location information), in a form that does not enable the identification of a specific user, to properly operate the Services, to improve the quality of the Services, to enhance your experience, to create new services and features, including customized services, to change or cancel existing content or service, and for further internal, commercial and statistical purposes (including advertising). |
| 173 | Waze may also use anonymous, statistical or aggregated information collected on the Services, in a form that does not enable the identification of a specific user, by posting, disseminating, transmitting or otherwise communicating or making available such information to users of the Services, to the Services’ providers, partners and any other third party. | 146 | Waze may also use anonymous, statistical, pseudonymous or aggregated information collected on the Services, in a form that does not enable the identification of a specific user, by posting, disseminating, transmitting or otherwise communicating or making available such information to users of the Services, to the Services’ providers, partners and any other third-party. |
| 174 | For 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. | 147 | For 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. |
| 177 | Waze may use cookies for various purposes, such as to save you the need to re-enter your username and password each time you log in, to facilitate the use of the Website, to collect statistical information, to verify information, and to customize the Website to your personal preferences and for information security purposes. | 150 | Waze may use cookies for various purposes, such as to save you the need to re-enter your username and password each time you log in, to facilitate the use of the Website, to collect statistical information, to verify information, to detect and prevent abuse on the Services, to customize the Website to your personal preferences, and for information security purposes. |
| 183 | Advertising campaigns Waze allows advertisers to run ad campaigns on the Services. | 156 | Ads on Waze Ads on Waze You may see ads as you use Waze. |
| 184 | The 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. | 157 | Waze utilizes Google’s advertising technology to select and display these ads, which help keep the Services free of charge. |
| 185 | For example: if you search for “gas station” you may see an ad for a local gas station. | 158 | Ads on Waze may be shown based on your current Waze activity, such as your approximate location, the general path of your route, your destination type, and other contextual information related to your current drive session. |
| 186 | Depending on your settings, you may also see ads personalized to you based on: Information we received from you (for example, your saved “Home” & “Work” addresses) Past activity and search query history (for example, drives that appear in your drive list) Information from our ad partners, including entities that belong to the Google group of companies and other trusted ad partners. | 159 | For example, you may see an ad for an open retail store as you drive nearby; or, if you search for “gas station”, you may see an ad for a local gas station. |
| 187 | You can decide whether we’ll show you personalized ads or not through your in-app Privacy Settings–>Ads personalization . | 160 | Personalized Ads Depending on your settings, you may also see ads personalized to you based on: Information you have provided Waze (for example, your saved “Home” and “Work” addresses) Your past activity and search query history (for example, drives that appear in your drive list) If available based on your device and account settings, information from your Google Account profile and activity. |
| 188 | Note: turning Ads personalization off does not turn off ads - only their personalization. | 161 | You can control whether ads are personalized through your Waze in-app Privacy Settings–>Ads personalization . |
| 189 | Please note: We don’t knowingly collect nor do we show you personalized ads based on sensitive categories, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health. | 162 | You can control your Google ads personalization settings in My Ad Center . |
| 163 | Your Google account is subject to the Google Privacy Policy . | ||
| 164 | Please note: If you turn off ads personalization, you may still see ads on Waze, they will just not be personalized to you. | ||
| 165 | We don’t personalize ads based on sensitive categories, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health. | ||
| 191 | For example, if you see an ad for a nearby flower shop and select the “tap to call” button, we’ll connect your call and share your phone number with the flower shop. | 167 | For example, if you see an ad for a nearby flower shop and select the “tap to call” button, we’ll facilitate your call, and we may share your phone number with the flower shop. |
| 192 | As described under “When Waze shares your information” section above, we work with other Google’s services (such as Google Doubleclick Bid Manager) for advertising and ad measurement purposes. | 168 | Advertisers, not Waze, are responsible for the content of their ads. |
| 193 | In order to help advertisers decide what ads to show on Waze, Google, and websites & apps that partner with Google, Waze may share information with these services such as a unique identifier for advertising (Advertising ID available on Android mobile devices or similar technologies). | 169 | Waze is not responsible for products or services provided by advertisers. |
| 194 | You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and how you can control that in this page . | 170 | Ads Measurement As mentioned above, Waze utilizes Google’s advertising technology to show ads on Waze. |
| 195 | The Ads personalization control described above apply to personalized ads served by Waze on the Waze platform and they do not apply to ads served on third parties platforms, including on Waze’s behalf. | 171 | Waze may share information with Google to help advertisers understand the performance of their ad campaigns on Waze. |
| 196 | When you visit a third party website from the Application, such third party may use cookies on your computer. | 172 | For example, Waze may share that a user navigated to a flower shop after viewing their ad on Waze, and Google may share aggregated reporting metrics with advertisers. |
| 197 | The third party’s use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies and not to this Privacy Policy. | 173 | Waze will not share your personal information with an advertiser unless you ask us to. |
| 198 | If you wish to study the privacy policies of those third parties you should visit their services, or contact them directly. | 174 | You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and how you can control that on this page . |
| 199 | The Services includes an internal messaging system which provides you the ability to send and receive messages to and from other users, and to receive marketing messages from us. | — | Removed |
| 200 | You hereby agree that we may use the internal messaging system for the purpose of informing you regarding products or services, which may interest you. | — | Removed |
| 201 | Please note however that other Waze users are not allowed to use your contact details or our internal messaging account for commercial advertising purposes. | — | Removed |
| 202 | If you have encountered any user generated advertising material, please inform us through the channels listed on the “About” menu in the Software or through the “Contact Us” page on the Site link here . | — | Removed |
| 203 | It is clarified that we are not responsible for the content of said advertisements and the products delivered or services rendered thereby by third parties and you irrevocably and unconditionally agree that we shall not be held responsible or liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you may suffer or incur as a result or in connection thereof. | — | Removed |
| 219 | European 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. | 190 | Data Subjects’ Rights If the 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, review, update, correct, remove, delete, and restrict the processing of your information. |
| 224 | 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. | 195 | If you have questions or requests related to your rights, you can contact Waze and our data protection office at: privacy@waze.com . |
| 196 | And you can contact your local data protection authority if you have concerns regarding your rights under local law. | ||
| 197 | European 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. | ||
| 229 | If you have questions, you can contact Waze and our data protection office at: privacy@waze.com. | — | Removed |
| 230 | And you can contact your local data protection authority if you have concerns regarding your rights under local law. | — | Removed |
| 237 | If you have questions, you can contact Waze and our data protection office at: privacy@waze.com. | 208 | If you have questions, you can contact Waze and our data protection office at: privacy@waze.com . |
| 239 | U.S. State Law requirements Some U.S. state privacy laws require specific disclosures. | 210 | U.S. State Law Requirements Some U.S. state privacy laws require specific disclosures. |
| 249 | And they give you the right to access your information, sometimes in portable format, correct your information, and request that Waze delete that information. | 220 | And they give you the right to access your information, sometimes in portable format, correct your information and request that Waze delete that information. |
| 252 | We describe the choices you have to manage your privacy and data in Controlling your personal information section. | 223 | We describe the choices you have to man age your privacy and data in Controlling your personal information section. |
| 258 | If you have questions or requests related to your rights under U.S. state privacy laws, you (or your authorized agent) can also contact Waze at privacy@waze.com. | 229 | If you have questions or requests related to your rights under U.S. state privacy laws, you (or your authorized agent) can also contact Waze at privacy@waze.com . |
| 233 | Israeli Requirements We process your information for the purposes described in this policy. | ||
| 234 | You have the right not to provide your consent to Waze's collection and use of your personal information. | ||
| 235 | If you refuse to consent, your use of the Services may be restricted. | ||
| 269 | Last modified: 1 August 2023 The Company has registered a database with the Israeli Database Registrar Was this helpful? | 243 | Contact Waze - Privacy Concerns Reports The data controller responsible for your information is Waze Mobile Ltd., a company incorporated and operating under the laws of Israel, and located at 98 Yigal Alon st., Tel Aviv, Israel. |
| 244 | If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you believe that your privacy has been compromised in the course of using the Services, please contact Waze at: privacy@waze.com . | ||
| 245 | You may send Waze other requests, responses, questions and complaints by email at: support@waze.com . | ||
| 246 | Last modified: 8 July 2026 Was this helpful? | ||
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