“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...”
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Data collection is not limited to active app use; Waze may gather location data as background activity, extending its reach beyond sessions the user consciously initiates.
Your location and travel data may be collected by Waze even when you are not actively using the app.
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Data collection is not limited to active app use; Waze may gather location data as background activity, extending its reach beyond sessions the user consciously initiates.
Your location and travel data may be collected by Waze even when you are not actively using the app.
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