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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
rout
inely
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-
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ter an accident or crash event without the own-
er's consent.
Audi will
not access the EDR and/or similar data
or
give
it
to
others -
-
unless the vehicle owner (or lessee
if the
veh i-
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 th ird
party for
research
purposes without identifying
the
spec ific 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
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
normal
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
ve hicle.
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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 serv ices
that are pro-
vided
by
a
third
party wire less
telecommuni-
cations
provider. For details
regard ing
how
in-
formation
obtained
through Audi
connect
is
collected, processed, transmitted,
used, and
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