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Intelligent
Technology
Notice
about
data
recorded
by the
Event
Data
Recorder
and
vehicle
control
modules
Event Data Recorder
This vehicle is equipped with 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
vehicle is designed to record such data as:
- How various systems in your vehicle were oper-
ating;
- Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
- How far (if at all) the driver 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
vehicle only if a non-trivial 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, could combine the EDR data w ith the
type of personally identifying data routinely ac-
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip-
ment is requ ired, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In addition to the veh icle manu-
facturer, other parties, such as law enforcement,
that have the special 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 EDRs installed in a vehi-
cle for the express purpose of retrieving data af-
Intelligent
Technology
ter an accident or crash event without the own-
er's consent.
Audi will not access the EDR and/or sim ilar data
or give it to others -
- unless the vehicle owner (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 judicial
discovery process .
- Audi may also use the data for research about
veh icle operation and safety performance or
provide the data to a third party for research
purposes without identifying the specific vehi-
cle or information about the ident ity of its own-
er or lessee and only after the recorded vehicle
data has been accessed.
Vehicle control modules
Your vehicle is also equipped with a number of
electron ic control modules for various vehicle
systems, such as eng ine management,
emission
control, airbags, and safety belts .
These electronic control modules record data
during norma l vehicle operation that may be
needed by trained technicians for diagnostic and
repair purposes. The recording capabil ity of these
modules is lim ited to data (no sound is reco rded).
Only a small amount of data is actua lly recorded
over a very limited period of time, or stored when
a system fau lt is detected by a contro l module.
Some of the data stored may relate to vehicle
speed, direction, or braking, as well as restraint
system use and performance in the event of a
crash . Stored data can also only be read and
downloaded w ith specia l equipment that is di-
rectly connected to the veh icle.
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Tips
Your vehicle may be equipped with Audi con-
nect. Your use of certain Audi connect fea-
tures requ ires wireless services that are pro-
vided by a third party wire less telecommuni-
cations provider . For detai ls regard ing how in-
formation obtained through Audi connect is
collected, processed, transmitted,
used, and
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