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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 airbag 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
veh icle is designed to record 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 driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
- How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help 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 pa rt ies , such as law en-
forcement,
could combine the EDR data w it h the
type of persona lly identifying data routine ly ac-
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, specia l equip-
ment is required, and access to t he veh icle 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 retrieval or down -
loading of data stored by ED Rs installed in a vehi -
cle for the express purpose of retrieving data af-
ter an accident or crash event without the own -
er's consent.
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Audi will not access the EDR and/or simi lar data
or give it to others -
- un less t he ve hicle owne r (or lessee if the vehi -
cle has been leased) agrees; or
- upon the offic ial 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 .
- Audi may also use the data for research about
veh icle operat ion and safety performance
or
prov ide t he data to a third party for research
purposes without identify ing t he 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 equ ipped with a numbe r of
electronic cont ro l modules for various vehicle
systems, such as engine management,
em iss ion
contro l, airbags, and safety be lts.
These elect ronic control modules record data
during normal vehicle operation t hat may be
needed by trained techn icians for diagnostic and
repair purposes. The recording capability of these
modules is limited to data (no sound is record -
ed). Only a sma ll amount of data is actually 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, d irection, or braking, as well as re-
straint system use and performance
in the event
of a crash. Stored data can also only be read a nd
down loaded w ith specia l equipment that is di-
rectly connected to the vehicle.
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Tips
Your vehicle may be equipped w it h Aud i con-
nect. Your use of certain Aud i connect fea-
tures requires wire less services that are pro-
vided by a third party wireless telecommuni -
cations provider. For details regarding how in-
formation obtained through Audi connect is
collected, processed, transmitted,
used, and
shared, please see your contract with the
wireless telecommun ications provider .
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