The terms set a minimum age of 16 for service use, with higher thresholds possible in certain jurisdictions, and authorize Waze to delete without notice any account it believes belongs to an underage user.
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The 16-year minimum age threshold engages GDPR Article 8, which sets the age of digital consent at 16 (with member states permitted to lower it to 13) for EU users. The terms authorize account deletion without prior notice where underage use is suspected, which is a procedurally significant enforcement mechanism without stated appeal provisions.
Interpretive note: The terms state that higher minimum ages may apply in certain jurisdictions without specifying those jurisdictions, creating ambiguity for compliance mapping across markets.
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 →Under these terms, users must be at least 16 years old, and Waze may delete accounts without notice where it believes a user is below the applicable minimum age. The absence of a stated appeal or recovery process for deleted accounts is an operational consideration for affected users.
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Compare across platforms →"The Service is intended for use by users who are of the legal age required to hold a driving license. In any case, to use our Service you must be 16 years of age or older. Waze may require a higher minimum age in certain jurisdictions. If you are under the minimum age required in your jurisdiction, you may not download or use the Service. If Waze is notified or has a reasonable reason to believe that an account belongs to a user who is under the minimum age, the account will be deleted without further notice.Excerpt from Waze's Terms of Use
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 8 establishes the age of consent for data processing in the context of information society services at 16 in the EU, with member states permitted to lower this to 13; …
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The 16-year minimum age threshold engages GDPR Article 8, which sets the age of digital consent at 16 (with member states permitted to lower it to 13) for EU users. The terms authorize account deletion without prior notice where underage use is suspected, which is a procedurally significant enforcement mechanism without stated appeal provisions.
Under these terms, users must be at least 16 years old, and Waze may delete accounts without notice where it believes a user is below the applicable minimum age. The absence of a stated appeal or recovery process for deleted accounts is an operational consideration for affected users.
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