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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of the 'find friends' feature that previously collected phone numbers from device contacts, suggesting that feature is no longer active or has been redesigned.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 →The updated policy now explicitly discloses that Waze periodically collects all phone numbers stored on your device's contact book as part of the 'find friends' feature. According to the revised terms, these phone numbers are collected in a form that is initially anonymous to Waze and are used to help create a list of other Waze users you may know. The policy clarifies that names, addresses, and other contact information are not collected from your phone book, though such information may be saved locally on your device for local searches. Additionally, the updated terms now explicitly authorize connecting your Waze account to social network accounts and sharing profile information from those networks. You can control whether to use the 'find friends' feature and whether to connect social network accounts to your Waze account.
View change record →The updated policy removes explicit language describing how Waze collects phone numbers from device contact books and integrates social network accounts. Previously, the policy stated that Waze would 'periodically collect all of the phone numbers which are stored on your device's phone contacts book' and described how this information was used for the 'find friends' feature. The revised policy no longer includes these specific disclosures. This does not necessarily mean the practices have stopped, but it means the policy provides less transparency about what data Waze collects from your device and how it uses contact information. Users who relied on these detailed descriptions to understand Waze's data practices will find the updated policy less explicit on these points.
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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In certain circumstances, the right to data portability, which means that you can request that we provide certain Personal Data we hold about you in a machine-readable format
If you want to see what information we have collected about you, you can request a copy of your data in the Data & Privacy section of your User Settings. You should receive your data packet within 30 days.
For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your personal information that is readily useable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
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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 Waze 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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