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What Waze's terms say

B privacy grade · waze.com · Travel & local

Waze's terms of service and privacy policy have 35 rated points: 0 serious, 7 bad, 16 worth knowing and 12 good. 21 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 14 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Waze

Bad 6

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

    "We also collect information about the [...]"

  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

    "Below you can see a list of the types of cookies used by Waze. [...]"

  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

    "Waze will not share your personal information with others, without your permission, except for the following purposes and to the extent necessary in Waze’s good-faith discretion: [...]"

  • The service is only available in some countries approved by its government

Worth knowing 10

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

    "You may not, whether yourself or through any other means or person: [...]"

  • This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

  • This service is only available for use individually and non-commercially

  • Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed

  • Instructions are provided on how to submit a copyright claim

  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

    "The activity information we collect may include: [...]"

  • This service is a subsidiary of Company X

    This service is a subsidiary of Google

  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

Good 5

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

  • No need to register

  • Promises will be kept after a merger or acquisition

    "Waze will not share your personal information with others, without your permission, except for the following purposes and to the extent necessary in Waze’s good-faith discretion: [...]"

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

With an account

If you have a Waze account

Bad 1

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

    "However, by submitting Content to Waze, you hereby grant Waze and the users of the Service an irrevocable, [...]"

Worth knowing 6

  • You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content

    "You may not, whether yourself or through any other means or person: [...]"

  • You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

    "For example, you may not submit Content that: [...]"

  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

    This service is only available to users over 16 years old

  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

    "You may not, whether yourself or through any other means or person: [...]"

  • If you are the target of a copyright claim, your content and/or your account may be removed

    If you are the target of a copyright claim, your content may be removed

Good 7

  • You maintain ownership of your content

    You maintain ownership of your data

    Where it says this ↗

  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

    "However, by submitting Content to Waze, you hereby grant Waze and the users of the Service an irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licenseable and transferable license"

    Where it says this ↗

  • Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

    User accounts can be terminated after having been in breach of the Terms of Service repeatedly

  • You have the right to leave this service at any time

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

  • If you are the target of a copyright holder's take down notice, this service gives you the opportunity to defend yourself

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.