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Unilateral Terms Modification

Medium severity
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What it is

Waze can change these terms at any time without asking you, and simply continuing to use the app counts as your agreement to the new terms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Waze can unilaterally change any term — including data sharing practices, liability limits, or content licensing — and your continued use of the app, even just for navigation, is treated as binding acceptance of those changes without any affirmative action on your part.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

This clause means rights and obligations you agreed to when you signed up can change without your explicit consent, and continued use of Waze — even passively running in the background — could constitute acceptance of materially worse terms.

View original clause language
Waze reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms at any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Unilateral modification clauses in consumer contracts implicate the EU Unfair Contract Terms Directive (93/13/EEC) Article 3, which designates terms allowing suppliers to alter contract conditions unilaterally as presumptively unfair. GDPR Article 7(3) requires that withdrawal of consent be as easy as giving it — a rolling consent-by-continued-use mechanism may not satisfy this standard. CCPA requires updated privacy notices when data practices materially change. The FTC Act Section 5 applies to inadequate notice of material changes to data practices. (2)

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    Inadequate notice of material changes to data practices through a continued-use consent mechanism may constitute a deceptive practice under FTC Act Section 5.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Waze Terms of Use
Entity
Waze
Document last updated
April 29, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 28, 2026
Last verified
April 28, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-003707
Document ID
CA-D-00322
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
SHA-256
9736286b6eb08ee4fc6095dc2c91e0601c2ee91260355dbe9284b34928846ee8
Verified
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Change verified
How to Cite
ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: Waze | Document: Waze Terms of Use | Record: CA-P-003707
Captured: 2026-04-28 05:17:41 UTC | SHA-256: 9736286b6eb08ee4…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/waze/waze-terms-of-use/unilateral-terms-modification/
Accessed: May 2, 2026
Classification
Severity
Medium
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