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The prohibition covers all commercial exploitation, and the listed example is expressly non-exhaustive, meaning a wide range of commercial uses beyond those named are also prohibited.
Interpretive note: The excerpt ends with an ellipsis, suggesting additional examples of prohibited commercial uses may follow in the full clause.
The updated Terms now establish that you are binding yourself not only to the main Terms of Use but also to Waze's Content Moderation Policy, Community Terms, and Copyright Policy as integral parts of the agreement. This expands the set of rules you must comply with when using the Service. The revised terms also clarify that the Service is intended for users of legal driving age and explicitly describe Waze's advertising model: the Service is free because advertising revenue funds operations, and Waze uses your data to show you targeted ads, with controls available to manage ad personalization preferences.
View change record →Users are prohibited from deriving commercial benefit from the Service in any form, including by building or offering services to others that incorporate Waze's Service or Content.
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"use or exploit the Service for any commercial purposes, including for example (and without limitation) by: offering to third parties a service of your own that uses the Service or its Content...Excerpt from Waze's Terms of Use
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The prohibition covers all commercial exploitation, and the listed example is expressly non-exhaustive, meaning a wide range of commercial uses beyond those named are also prohibited.
Users are prohibited from deriving commercial benefit from the Service in any form, including by building or offering services to others that incorporate Waze's Service or Content.
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