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Prohibited User Content includes...material that...includes a photograph or video of another person that you have posted without that person's consent...
Any material with respect to which you do not have all rights, power and authority necessary for its collection, use and processing, or where your use and provision to the Sites would breach any agreement between you and any third party.
Don't create or share defamatory or libelous content that could damage someone's reputation or falsely portray them in a harmful way.
"identifies other persons without obtaining such person's express written consent to the disclosure of their personal information, or pertains to minors and identifies minors or their personal information...Excerpt from Waze's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “identifies other persons without obtaining such person's express written consent to the disclosure of their personal information, or pertains to minors and identifies minors or their personal information...”
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