Data Privacy -> Event Data for Your Ford Explorer SUV Sixth Generation (2012-2020)

Data Privacy  
you, where permitted by law. For Canada  
SERVICE DATA  
only, for more information, please review  
the Ford of Canada privacy policy at  
storage and use of service providers in  
other jurisdictions who may be subject to  
legal requirements in Canada, the United  
States and other countries applicable to  
them, for example, lawful requirements to  
disclose personal information to  
governmental authorities in those  
countries.  
Service data recorders in your vehicle are  
capable of collecting and storing  
diagnostic information about your vehicle.  
This potentially includes information about  
the performance or status of various  
systems and modules in the vehicle, such  
as engine, throttle, steering or brake  
systems. In order to properly diagnose and  
service your vehicle, Ford Motor Company  
(Ford of Canada in Canada), and service  
and repair facilities may access or share  
among them vehicle diagnostic  
EVENT DATA  
information received through a direct  
connection to your vehicle when  
This vehicle is equipped with an event data  
recorder. The main purpose of an event  
data recorder is to record, in certain crash  
or near crash-like situations, such as an  
airbag deployment or hitting a road  
diagnosing or servicing your vehicle.  
Additionally, Ford Motor Company (Ford  
of Canada, in Canada) may, where  
permitted by law, use vehicle diagnostic  
information for vehicle improvement or  
with other information we may have about  
you, for example, your contact information,  
to offer you products or services that may  
interest you. Data may be provided to our  
service providers such as part suppliers  
that may help diagnose malfunctions, and  
who are similarly obligated to protect data.  
We retain this data only as long as  
obstacle; this data will assist in  
understanding how a vehicles systems  
performed. The event data recorder is  
designed to record data related to vehicle  
dynamics and safety systems for a short  
period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.  
The event data recorder in this vehicle is  
designed to record such data as:  
necessary to perform these functions or to  
comply with law. We may provide  
How various systems in your vehicle  
were operating.  
Whether or not the driver and  
passenger seatbelts were  
buckled/fastened.  
information where required in response to  
official requests to law enforcement or  
other government authorities or third  
parties acting with lawful authority or court  
order, and such information may be used  
in legal proceedings. For U.S. only (if  
equipped), if you choose to use connected  
apps and services, you consent that certain  
diagnostic information may also be  
accessed electronically by Ford Motor  
Company and Ford authorized service  
facilities, and that the diagnostic  
How far (if at all) the driver was  
depressing the accelerator and/or the  
brake pedal.  
How fast the vehicle was traveling.  
Where the driver was positioning the  
steering wheel.  
This data can help provide a better  
understanding of the circumstances in  
which crashes and injuries occur.  
information may be used to provide  
services to you, personalizing your  
experience, troubleshoot, and to improve  
products and services and offer you  
products and services that may interest  
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Data Privacy  
Note: Event data recorder data is recorded  
Entertainment Data  
Data recorded includes, for example:  
by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash  
situation occurs; no data is recorded by the  
event data recorder under normal driving  
conditions and no personal data or  
information (for example name, gender,  
age, and crash location) is recorded.  
However, parties, such as law enforcement,  
could combine the event data recorder data  
with the type of personally identifying data  
routinely acquired during a crash  
Music, videos or album art.  
Contacts and corresponding address  
book entries.  
Navigation destinations.  
CONNECTED VEHICLE DATA  
investigation.  
The modem has a SIM. The  
modem was enabled when your  
To read data recorded by an event data  
recorder, special equipment is required,  
and access to the vehicle or the event data  
recorder is needed. In addition to the  
vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such  
as law enforcement, that have such special  
equipment, can read the information if they  
have access to the vehicle or the event  
data recorder.  
vehicle was built and periodically  
sends messages to stay connected to the  
cell phone network, receive automatic  
software updates and send vehicle-related  
information to us, for example diagnostic  
information. These messages could  
include information that identifies your  
vehicle, the SIM and the electronic serial  
number of the modem. Cell phone network  
service providers could have access to  
additional information, for example cell  
phone network tower identification. For  
additional information about our privacy  
policy, visit www.FordConnected.com or  
SETTINGS DATA  
Your vehicle has electronic control units  
that have the ability to store data based  
on your personalized settings. The data is  
stored locally in the vehicle or on devices  
that you connect to it, for example, a USB  
drive or digital music player. You can delete  
some of this data and also choose whether  
to share it through the services to which  
you subscribe. See Settings (page 464).  
Note: The modem continues to send this  
information unless you disable the modem  
or stop the modem from sharing vehicle  
data by changing the modem settings. See  
Connected Vehicle (page 421).  
Note: The service can be unavailable or  
interrupted for a number of reasons, for  
example environmental or topographical  
conditions and data plan coverage.  
Comfort and Convenience Data  
Data recorded includes, for example:  
Seat and steering wheel position.  
Climate control settings.  
Radio presets.  
Note: To find out if your vehicle has a  
modem, visit www.FordConnected.com.  
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