Online Services -> User management for Your Skoda Octavia 4 Door Fourth Generation (2021-2026)

140 Online Services › User management  
Settings in the control centre  
Share my location  
Localization services ŠKODA Connect are enabled.  
The vehicle position information is available for all  
services which need to know the vehicle’s position.  
Information on the vehicle position is available on  
the ŠKODA Connect Portal web pages and in the  
ŠKODA Connect application.  
Open the Infotainment  
control centre by hold-  
ing down the bar at the  
top of the screen and  
pulling it down.  
Information transmission via eSim is switched on.  
All functions that require a connection via eSIM are  
active.  
Collection of anonymised data  
When the protection level of personal data is set  
Use location and Share my location the vehicle can collect  
and send anonymised data to improve the services  
of selected third parties.  
It is exclusively anonymous data without any connec-  
tion to the specific vehicle, the vehicle owner or oth-  
er authorized users.  
Display example in Infotainment Columbus  
A Setting up protection of personal data  
Detailed information on the protection levels of  
personal data  
User management  
What you should be mindful of  
Tap Set-up in user management  
Privacy and service management  
Set the desired level of protection of personal da-  
ta.  
.
When buying an older vehicle with ŠKODA Connect  
services, it is possible that the services are active and  
the main user is the previous owner of the vehicle.  
The previous owner can still have the possibility to  
control the vehicle functions and receive information  
about the users and the vehicle.  
Maximum privacy  
All ŠKODA Connect services other than the serv-  
ices you are currently using are switched off.  
All localization services are switched off. The vehi-  
cle position information is not shared.  
Information transmission via eSim is switched off.  
Therefore, we recommend deleting the previous  
main user. Then, log in with your own user account  
and set yourself as the main user of the vehicle.  
If you register a new user and select yourself as the  
main user during registration, the previous main user  
is automatically overwritten.  
No online updates available.  
No location  
All localization services ŠKODA Connect are  
switched off. The vehicle position information is  
not shared.  
Information transmission via eSim is switched on.  
All functions that require a connection via eSIM are  
active.  
The type of user and vehicle information to be  
sent can be influenced by setting the protection level  
of personal data.  
Functionality  
Use my position  
User accounts  
Localisation services ŠKODA Connect are enabled.  
Information on vehicle position is not provided to  
other people.  
Information on the vehicle position is not available  
on the ŠKODA Connect Portal web pages and in  
the ŠKODA Connect application.  
Information transmission via eSim is switched on.  
All functions that require a connection via eSIM are  
active.  
User Management displays the accounts of the last  
active users. The following activities can be carried  
out in user management:  
Select a user account  
Register user  
Active ŠKODA Connect services  
Add and remove user accounts  
Set the main users  
Set account security  
Switch the assignment to the used key on/off  
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When you log in to a secure user account, enter  
the S-PIN and confirm the login.  
Overview  
Main user  
Or:  
The main user provides a registered user with activa-  
ted ŠKODA Connectservices and a vehicle associ-  
ated with his account.  
Select the menu item for switching user.  
A menu containing available users is displayed.  
If you are a new user, tap for the user's login.  
Follow the instructions in the Infotainment screen.  
The main user can take full advantage of the person-  
alisation features.  
The main user has full control over the settings and  
operation of the vehicle.  
Log in to the protected user account  
Some user accounts can be protected. Protected ac-  
All settings are saved in the main user's personal on-  
line account.  
counts are shown in the user list with the icon  
.
To log in to the protected user account you need the  
S-PIN created when creating the user account on  
the ŠKODA Connect Portal website, in the ŠKODA  
Connect application or when registering the user in  
Infotainment.  
User with a ŠKODA Connect online account  
The user was not selected by the main user, but has  
his own ŠKODA Connect online account.  
The user can take full advantage of the personalisa-  
tion features.  
All settings are saved in the registered user's person-  
al online account.  
Guest  
A guest account is anonymous and will in no way  
synchronise with ŠKODA Connect services.  
All changes to settings related to this account are  
stored exclusively in the vehicle.  
A User name  
B Name of the main vehicle user  
Requirements  
C Information on the configured protection level of  
personal data  
The following conditions must be met for unlimited  
use of the management of user accounts and their  
synchronization with online accounts:  
D Display of user account management  
E Turn off logging in to the account using the S-PIN  
Display information about the S-PIN  
A main user with active ŠKODA Connect services  
is registered in Infotainment.  
The ŠKODA Connect services are available.  
Display information about restoring the S-PIN  
User verification by entering the S-PIN can be  
Operation  
switched on/off in the menu item  
Pro-  
tect account Protect user profile with S-PIN  
.
Log in user  
After switching on the ignition ignition and Infotain-  
ment are switched on, the introductory login screen  
for the last user account used is displayed.  
Restore S-PIN  
Your S-PIN can be restored on the ŠKODA Connect  
Portal website or in the ŠKODA Connect application.  
The introductory log on screen cannot be skip-  
ped. Without registering, the Infotainment cannot be  
used.  
After restoring the S-PIN, register again for the  
correct functioning of the ŠKODA Connect appli-  
cation in the vehicle as the main user.  
If you are the main user in several vehicles, register  
again in each vehicle.  
Confirm the log-in.  
When you log in to a secure user account, enter  
the S-PIN and confirm the login.  
Log out user  
When the ignition is switched off, the logout screen  
is displayed, in which the selected vehicle functions  
can be activated.  
Or:  
Select the menu item for switching user.  
A menu containing available users is displayed.  
When the time interval expires, the logout screen is  
switched of and the user is automatically logged off.  
Select the desired account.