Data privacy
time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this
vehicle is designed to record such data as:
Transmitted information
Data collection
Applies to: vehicles with data collection
– How various systems in your vehicle were oper-
ating;
– Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
Depending on the country, Audi may be able to
access the vehicle and collect data, for example
for the following reasons:
– Data collection for research and development
– Data collection for statistics, analytics, and re-
porting
– 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 help 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 with the
type of personally identifying data routinely ac-
quired during a crash investigation.
– Data collection for personalized evaluations
For example, various technical function data, en-
vironmental data, driving data, and usage data
will be collected for a specific purpose and for-
warded to Audi. The data will be sent from the
vehicle at the time the data is collected.
You can find additional information in the MMI.
Select on the home screen: SETTINGS > General
> Legal notes > About Audi connect.
If you would like to change the data collection
settings, contact an authorized Audi dealer or au-
thorized Audi Service Facility for more informa-
tion. Depending on the country and equipment,
you may be able to change data collection in the
privacy mode settings of your vehicle.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip-
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle 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.
Privacy settings
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Data usage
Audi can read out the information stored in the
data memories or similar data, or give this infor-
mation to third parties, especially in the follow-
ing situations:
►
Applies to MMI: Select on the home screen:
SETTINGS > Privacy mode settings.
To display additional information about the pri-
vacy settings and the associated symbols in the
►
status bar, press in the MMI.
– If the vehicle owner or lessee agrees
– If there is an official request from the police
– If a court or authorities request it
Requirement: the ignition must be turned on.
Setting the maximum privacy settings
If legally permitted, Audi can also use the data
for analysis of vehicle operation and safety per-
formance or provide this data to third parties for
research purposes.
When the Activate privacy mode function is
turned on, the data connection is deactivated or
sending of data is restricted, but all safety-relat-
ed, legal, or contractually required Audi connect
services remain activated. The majority of the
Audi connect services are deactivated.
When the function is turned off, the data connec-
tion will be available in order to use Audi connect
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