Toyota avalon 2009 Instruction Manual page 379

5-1. Essential information
Disclosure of the data
Toyota will not disclose the data recorded in an EDR to a third party
except when:
l An agreement from the vehicle's owner (or the leasing company for
a leased vehicle) is obtained
l Officially requested by the police or other authorities
l Used as a defense for Toyota in a law suit
l Ordered by a court
However, if necessary Toyota will:
l Use the data for research on Toyota vehicle safety performance
l Disclose the data to a third party for research purposes without dis-
closing details of the vehicle owner, and only when it is deemed
necessary
l Disclose summarized data cleared of vehicle identification informa-
tion to a non-Toyota organization for research purposes
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