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These rights are conditioned on the applicability of the relevant data protection law, meaning not all users automatically receive them; only those within the stated jurisdictions where that law applies.
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of the 'find friends' feature that previously collected phone numbers from device contacts, suggesting that feature is no longer active or has been redesigned.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 →If you are in the EU, UK, or Israel and the relevant data protection law applies, you have the right to request access, review, update, correction, removal, deletion, and restriction of processing of your data through controls Waze provides.
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"If the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK) or Israel's data protection law applies...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.Excerpt from Waze's Privacy Policy
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These rights are conditioned on the applicability of the relevant data protection law, meaning not all users automatically receive them; only those within the stated jurisdictions where that law applies.
If you are in the EU, UK, or Israel and the relevant data protection law applies, you have the right to request access, review, update, correction, removal, deletion, and restriction of processing of your data through controls Waze provides.
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