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Intelligent
Technology
Notice
about
data
recorded
by the
Event
Data
Recorder
and
vehicle
control
modules
Event Dat a Recorder
This vehicle is equipped wit h an Event Data Re-
corder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa-
tions, such as an a irbag deployment or hitting a
road obstacle, data that will assist in understand-
ing how a vehicle's systems performed. The EDR
is designed to record data related to vehicle dy-
namics and safety systems for a short period of
time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this
ve hicle is designed to reco rd such data as:
- How various systems in your vehicle were oper-
at ing;
- Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
- How far (if at all) the dr iver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
- How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can he lp provide a better understand-
ing of the circumstances
in which crashes and in-
juries occur. NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your
veh icle only if a non-trivia l crash situation occurs;
no data are recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal data (e .g .,
name, gender, age, and crash location) are re-
corded . However, other parties, such as law en-
forcement, cou ld combine the EDR data w ith the
type of personally identifying data routine ly ac-
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, specia l equip-
ment is req uired, a nd access to the ve hicle or the
EDR is needed. In add it ion to the vehicle manu-
facturer, other parties, such as law enforcement,
that have the specia l equipment,
can read the in-
formation if they have access to the vehicle or the
EDR.
Some state laws restrict the retr ieval or down -
loading of data stored by ED Rs insta lled in a vehi-
cle for the express purpose of retrieving data af -
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e nt Technology
ter an accident or crash event without the own-
er 's consent.
Audi will not ac cess the EDR and/or sim ilar data
or give it t o others -
- unless the vehicle owne r (or lessee if the vehi-
cle has been leased) agrees; or
- upon the official request by the police; or
- upon the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsuit through the jud icial
discovery process.
- Aud i may a lso use the data for research about
veh icle operation and safety performance or
prov ide the data to a third party for research
purposes without identify ing the specific veh i-
cle or info rmat io n about the ident ity of its own-
er or lessee and only afte r the reco rded veh icle
data has been accessed.
Vehicle control modules
Your vehicle is also equ ipped w ith a number of
electronic control modules for va rious vehicle
systems, such as engine management,
emiss io n
contro l, airbags , and safety be lts .
These electronic control modules record data
dur ing norma l vehicle operation that may be
needed by trained tech nicians for diagnost ic and
repa ir purposes. The re cording capab ility of these
modules is lim ited to data (no sound is record-
ed). Only a sma ll amount of data is actua lly re-
corded over a very limited period of time, or stor-
ed when a system fault is detected by a control
module . Some of the data stored may relate to
vehicle speed, direction, or braking, as well as re-
straint system use and performance
in the event
of a crash . Stored data can also on ly be read a nd
down loaded w ith specia l equipment that is d i-
rectly connected to the vehicle.
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Tips
Your vehicle may be equipped w ith Aud i con-
nect. Your use of certain Aud i connect fea-
tures requi res wire less serv ices that are pro-
vided by a third party wireless telecomm uni-
cations provi der. For de t ails regarding how in-
formation obtained through Aud i connect is
collected, processed, transmitted,
used, and
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