Waze shares your personal data, including location and usage information, with its parent company Google and affiliated entities within the Google group.
This analysis describes what Waze's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
The clause establishes a data-sharing framework between Waze and Google's broader corporate ecosystem, enabling cross-platform advertising coordination and measurement across multiple Google services and partner properties.
The updated policy now applies to users of any age by removing the prior 16+ requirement, but does not explicitly state whether parental consent is required for minors. The policy defines Personal Information more broadly to include location, route information, and data reasonably linked to you by Waze. The company removed documentation of the 'find friends' feature that previously collected phone numbers from device contacts, suggesting that feature is no longer active or has been redesigned. Privacy controls remain available through in-app settings where you can adjust which Personal Information Waze collects and how it is used.
View change record →Your Waze data, including location history and driving behavior, may be merged with your broader Google profile, affecting the ads you see and how Google tracks you across services.
How other platforms handle this
To support us in providing, integrating, promoting, and improving the Services, we may share personal information within our corporate family of companies that are related by common ownership or control.
we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users and may take necessary actions if we believe you have violated these Terms, including banning you from our Services and/or our affiliates' services...
we may use, retain or share information with law enforcement or others in circumstances where a person's vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies.
"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. 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).Excerpt from Waze's Privacy Policy
Data sharing between Waze and Google constitutes a controller-to-controller transfer under GDPR, requiring adequate legal basis and potentially triggering Chapter V cross-border transfer mechanisms if data flows outside the EEA.
Enforcement risk, jurisdiction flags, contract triggers, and due diligence action items.
ConductAtlas detected a major restructuring of Meta’s privacy policy that removed detailed consumer rights disclosures and relocated them to separate documents.
Your genetic data may be transferred to a new owner as a business asset. Here is what the Terms of Service actually say and what you can do right now.
Get the research letter
Companies change their terms quietly. We read every version and catch what actually changed. One email a week on the changes that matter and what they mean.
The clause establishes a data-sharing framework between Waze and Google's broader corporate ecosystem, enabling cross-platform advertising coordination and measurement across multiple Google services and partner properties.
Your Waze data, including location history and driving behavior, may be merged with your broader Google profile, affecting the ads you see and how Google tracks you across services.
ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 287 platforms. See the full comparison.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Waze.