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5-1. Essential information
Disclosure of the data
Toyota will not disclose the data recorded in an EDR to a third party
except when:
l An agr
eement from the vehicle’s owner (or the leasing company for
a leased vehicle) is obtained
l Officially requested by the police or other authorities
l Used as
a defense for Toyota in a law suit
l Or
dered by a court of law
However, if necessary Toyota will:
l Use th
e data for research on Toyota vehicle safety performance
l Disclose the
data to a third party for research purposes without dis-
closing details of the vehicle owner
, and only when it is deemed
necessary
l Disclose summarized data cleared of vehicle identification informa-
tion to a non-Toyota organization for research purposes