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Notice about data
recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and
vehicle control modules
Event Dat a 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 a irbag deploym e nt 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 and safety systems for a short period of
time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this
vehicle 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 dr iver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake peda l; and,
- How fast the ve hicle was trave ling.
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
veh icle only if a non-triv ia l crash situation occurs;
no da t a 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 . Howeve r, other pa rties, such as law en-
fo rcement, cou ld combi ne the EDR data w it h the
type of personally iden t ifying dat a routine ly ac-
q uired during a crash invest igat ion .
To read data reco rded by an EDR, specia l equip-
men t is req uired, a nd access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In add it ion t o the vehicle man u-
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 t he ret rieval or down -
loading of data stored by ED Rs insta lled in a vehi -
cle for the express purpose of retrieving data af -
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ter an accident or cras h event without the own -
er's consent.
Audi will not access t he EDR and/or sim ilar da t a
or give it t o ot hers -
- unless the vehicle owne r (or lessee if the vehi-
cle has been leased) ag rees; 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 jud icia l
discovery process.
- Aud i may a lso use the data for research about
veh icle operation and safety performance or
prov ide the data to a third party for research
purposes without identify ing the specific veh i-
cle or info rmat io n about the ident ity of its own-
er or lessee and only afte r t he reco rded veh icle
data has been accessed.
Vehicle control modules
Your vehicle is also equ ipped w ith a number of
electronic control modules for various vehicle
systems, such as engine ma nagement, emiss io n
contro l, airbags , and safety be lts .
These elec t ronic control modules record data
dur ing no rma l vehicle operation that may be
neede d by t rained tech nicians for diagnost ic and
re pa ir purposes. The reco rding capab ility of these
modules is lim ite d t o dat a (no sound is record-
ed). Only a sma ll amount of data is actua lly 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 eve nt
of a crash . Stored da t a ca n also on ly be read a nd
down loaded w it h specia l equipment that is d i-
rectly connected to the vehicle.
(D Tips
Your vehicle may be equipped w ith Audi con-
nect . Your use of certai n Aud i connec t fea-
tures requi res wire less serv ices tha t are pro-
vided by a third party wireless telecomm uni-
cations provi de r. For de t ails regarding how in-
formation obtained through Aud i connect is
collected, processed, transmitted, used, and ..,.
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