Waze Privacy Policy

DATED 2018-05-25 · VERSION 20180907_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20180602_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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 - **Information that you choose to share with Waze:** information that you choose to share with Waze, including a username you have chosen, reports associated with your username, phone number, "home" or "work", other "favorites", destinations you may travel to, search queries, calendar information (if you choose to activate and use certain Service features like time to leave reminders) and files you have uploaded to the service, including voice and audio files, if applicable. You can also choose to add payment information to your Account, if applicable, specifically for paid services (such as Waze Carpool). Even if you aren't signed in to a Waze Account, you might choose to provide us with information - like an email address to receive updates about our services.
 - **Communication which you choose to conduct through the Waze Services:** if you choose to use Waze to communicate with other Waze users or third parties through the Waze Services, such as chat messages or sending pinned locations on the Waze platform. We may also collect information when you exchange communication with Waze, for example, if you submit a request, contact Waze's support team, or report a violation to the abuse team.
 - **Information from your social networks which you choose to connect to your Waze Account:** you may choose to connect your Waze Account to your social network account(s). If you choose to do so, you may choose to share with Waze and/or other users information from your social network accounts, such as your Facebook profile photo or other personal information shared by you. For more information see [Integration with social networks](), below.
+- **"Find friends feature":** if you use the "find friends" feature, Waze will collect:
+- **"Find friends feature":** if you use the "find friends" feature, Waze will collect: \_ Periodically, Waze will collect all of the phone numbers which are stored on your device's phone contacts book. With regards to the "find friends" feature we only collect numbers in a form which is anonymous to Waze; This information will be used to help us find and create a list of other Waze users who you may know and with whom you may wish to connect. Note that we will not collect names, addresses or other information from your device's phone contacts book, however some of this information may be saved locally on your device and may be used within searches for your friend's name or address within the Services. and/or \_ Your phone number. Your phone number will be used to verify your account and as part of the "find friends" feature , if applicable, to help find and create a list of other Waze users who you may know and with whom you may wish to connect.
+    - Periodically, Waze will collect all of the phone numbers which are stored on your device's phone contacts book. With regards to the "find friends" feature we only collect numbers in a form which is anonymous to Waze; This information will be used to help us find and create a list of other Waze users who you may know and with whom you may wish to connect. Note that we will not collect names, addresses or other information from your device's phone contacts book, however some of this information may be saved locally on your device and may be used within searches for your friend's name or address within the Services. and/or
+    - Your phone number. Your phone number will be used to verify your account and as part of the "find friends" feature , if applicable, to help find and create a list of other Waze users who you may know and with whom you may wish to connect.
 You may also provide additional information that will be used to personalize the Services and enhance your experience with the Services. For example, if you provide us with your "home" and "work" information, we may provide you with what we think is the preferred route between those locations.
 ### Information we collect as you use our services
 We collect information about your activity in the Services, which we use to provide you with the Services of Waze, including features which are meant to personalize your experience. This includes things like finding you the preferred route and propose favorites or destinations commonly traveled by you to streamline your search and travel. The activity information we collect may include:
 Some data you can delete whenever you like, some data is deleted automatically, and some data we retain for longer periods of time when necessary. This section describes why we hold onto different types of data for different periods of time.
 - **Information retained until you remove it** - such as your "Home, "work", favorites, email address and other account related information. We'll keep this data in your Waze Account until you choose to remove it and/or update it.
 - **Data that expires after a specific period of time** - in some cases, you don't need to actively delete your information as we set retention timeframes based on the reason for the data's collection. For example, if you choose to connect your calendar to your Waze Account, we extract your calendar events for several days in advance and delete them after their occurrence. We may also take steps to anonymize certain data within set timeperiods.
 - **Information retained until your Waze Account is deleted** - we may keep some data for the life of your Waze Account if it's useful for helping us understand how users interact with our features and how we can improve our services. For example, if you made an incident report, we will keep information about how many reports you have submitted, even after the event is removed. When you delete your Waze Account, the information about how many reports you have submitted is also removed.
+- **Information retained for extended time periods for limited purposes** - sometimes business and legal requirements oblige us to retain certain information, for specific purposes, for an extended period of time. For example, when Waze processes a payment for you, we'll retain this data for longer periods of time as required for tax or accounting purposes. Reasons we might retain some data for extended periods of time include:
+    - Security, fraud & abuse prevention
+    - Financial record-keeping
+    - Complying with legal or regulatory requirements
+    - Ensuring the continuity of our services
+    - Direct communications with Waze
+- **Information retained for extended time periods for limited purposes** - sometimes business and legal requirements oblige us to retain certain information, for specific purposes, for an extended period of time. For example, when Waze processes a payment for you, we'll retain this data for longer periods of time as required for tax or accounting purposes. Reasons we might retain some data for extended periods of time include: \_ Security, fraud & abuse prevention \_ Financial record-keeping \_ Complying with legal or regulatory requirements \_ Ensuring the continuity of our services \* Direct communications with Waze
 ## How does Waze use aggregated information?
 Waze may use anonymous, statistical or aggregated information (including anonymous location information), in a form that does not enable the identification of a specific user, to properly operate the Services, to improve the quality of the Services, to enhance your experience, to create new services and features, including customized services, to change or cancel existing content or service, and for further internal, commercial and statistical purposes (including advertising).
 Waze may also use anonymous, statistical or aggregated information collected on the Services, in a form that does not enable the identification of a specific user, by posting, disseminating, transmitting or otherwise communicating or making available such information to users of the Services, to the Services' providers, partners and any other third party. For example, GPS information that we receive from your mobile device may be provided to map editors in an aggregated and/or anonymous form to help improve the map and solve map problems, traffic data may be provided to cities, and aggregated ads analysis may be provided to advertisers.