Inte l ligent Technology
Intelligent Technology
Notice about data
recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and
vehicle control modules
Event Data Recorder
This vehicle is equipped wit h 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 deploym ent or hitting a
road obstacle, data that will assist in understand-
ing how a veh icle 's systems performed . The EDR
is designed to record data related to veh icle dy-
namics a nd safety systems for a sho rt period of
time, typically 30 seconds or less . The EDR in this
veh icle is designed to reco rd 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
acce lerator and/or brake peda l; and,
- How fast the vehicle was trave ling.
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
veh icle only if a non-trivia l crash situat ion occurs;
no data are recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal data (e.g .,
name, gender, age, and crash location) a re re-
corded . However , other pa rties , such as law en-
forcement, cou ld combine t he EDR data w it h the
type of person a lly identifyi ng dat a routine ly ac-
qu ired dur ing a crash invest igat ion .
To read data reco rded by an EDR, specia l equip-
men t is req uired, and access to the veh icle or t he
EDR is needed. In ad dit ion t o t he vehicle manu-
facturer, other parties, such as law enforcement,
that have t he specia l equipment, can read the in-
formation if they have access to the vehicle or the
EDR.
Some st ate laws restrict t he re t rieva l or down-
loading of data stored by ED Rs insta lled in a vehi -
cle fo r the express purpose of retrieving data af-
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te r an accident or crash event withou t the own -
er's consent.
Audi will not access t he EDR a nd/or sim ilar dat a
o r g ive it t o others -
- unless t he ve hicle ow ner (or lessee if the vehi-
cle has been leased) ag rees; 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 icia l
discovery process.
- Audi may also use the data for research about
veh icle operation and safety perfo rmance or
prov ide the data to a th ird party for research
purposes witho ut identify ing t he specific vehi-
cle or info rmat ion about the ident ity of its own-
er or lessee and only afte r t he reco rded vehicle
data has been accessed.
Vehicle control modules
Your vehicle is also equ ipped with a number of
electronic cont rol modules for various vehicle
syste m s, such as engine ma nagement, em iss io n
contro l, air bag s, a nd safety be lts.
These electronic control modules record data
dur ing norma l vehicle operation t hat may be
needed by tra ined techn icians for d iagnost ic and
rep air pur poses. The recording capab ility of these
modules is lim ited t o dat a (no sou nd is recor d-
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 contro l
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 only be read a nd
down loaded w it h specia l equipment that is d i-
rect ly connec t ed to t he vehicle.
(D Tips
Your vehicle may be equi pped w it h Aud i con-
nect . Your use of certain Aud i connect fea-
tures requires wire less services t hat are pro-
vided by a third party wireless telecomm uni-
cations provider. For de t ails regarding how in-
fo rmation obtained through Aud i connect is
collecte d, processe d, transmitted, use d, an d ..,.
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