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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 re lated 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-
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-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, could combine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data routine ly ac-
quired during a crash invest igation .
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip-
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In addit 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.
Aud i will only access the EDR and/or sim ilar data
or give it to others with the consent of the owner
or lessee or in accordance with applicable law.
States vary in their access/disclosure restrictions
for EDR data, but typically such data can be ac-
cessed/disclosed in the following circumstances :
- when the vehicle owner (or lessee if the vehicle
has been leased) agrees; or
- upon the officia l request by the police; or
- up on the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsu it through the judicial
dis covery process.
Intelligent Technology
- Audi may also use the data, once retrieved from
the vehicle under permissib le circumstances, in
an anonymous format.
- for research about vehicle operation and safety
performance or provide the data to a third par-
ty for such research purposes.
Vehicle control modules
Your vehicle is also eq uipp ed w it h a number of
electronic control modules for various vehicle
systems, such as engine management, emission
control, airbags, and safety belts.
These elect ronic control modules record data
during norma l vehicle operation that may be
needed by trained technicians for diagnostic and
repair purposes. The recording capabi lity of these
modules is limited to data (no sound is record-
ed) . Only a small 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, 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 and
down loaded with specia l equipment that is di-
rectly connected to the vehicle .
(D Tips
Your vehicle may be equipped w ith Audi con-
nect. Your use of certain Audi 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 Aud i connect is
collected, processed, transmitted, used, and
shared, please see your contract with the
wireless telecommunications provider .
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