Information
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a vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is
designed to record data related to vehicle
dynamics and safety systems for a short pe-
riod of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
Services from the vehicle
manufacturer
Where online services from the vehicle
manufacturer are concerned, the corre-
sponding functions are described in the ap-
propriate place, for instance the Owner's
Manual or manufacturer's web page. The
relevant legal information pertaining to data
protection may also be found on the man-
ufacturer’s website. Personal data may be
used to perform online services. Data is ex-
changed over a secure connection, for in-
stance with the IT systems of the vehicle
manufacturer intended for this purpose.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to re-
cord such data as:
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How various systems in the vehicle
were operating.
Whether or not the driver and passen-
ger seat belts were fastened.
How far, if at all, the driver was depress-
ing the accelerator and/or brake pedal.
How fast the vehicle was traveling.
This data can help provide a better under-
standing of the circumstances in which
crashes and injuries occur.
Any collection, processing, and use of per-
sonal data above and beyond that needed to
provide the services must always be based
on a legal permission, contractual arrange-
ment or consent. It is also possible to acti-
vate or deactivate the data connection as a
whole. This excludes functions and services
required by law such as Assist systems.
EDR data is recorded by the vehicle only
if a nontrivial crash situation occurs; no
data is recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal data, for
instance name, gender, age, and crash loca-
tion, are recorded.
Services from other providers
However, other parties, such as law enforce-
ment, could combine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data routinely
acquired during a crash investigation.
When using online services from other pro-
viders, these services are the responsibility
of the relevant provider and subject to their
data privacy conditions and terms of use.
The vehicle manufacturer has no influence
on the content exchanged during this proc-
ess. Information on the way in which per-
sonal data is collected and used in relation
to services from third parties, the scope of
such data, and its purpose, can be obtained
from the relevant service provider.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
equipment is required, and access to the
vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition
to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties,
such as law enforcement, that have the spe-
cial equipment, can read the information if
they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.
Vehicle identification number
Event Data Recorder (EDR)
General information
This vehicle is equipped with an event
data recorder (EDR). The main purpose of
an EDR is to record, in certain crash or
near crash-like situations, such as an air
bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle,
data that will assist in understanding how
Depending on the national-market equip-
ment, the vehicle identification number is
located in different positions in the vehicle.
This chapter describes all possible positions
for the series.
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