For your information
Data usage
Toyota may use the data recorded in these computers to diagnose malfunctions, conduct
research and development, and improve quality.
Toyota will not disclose the recorded data to a third party except:
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With the consent of the vehicle owner or with the consent of the lessee if the vehicle
is leased
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In response to an official request by the police, a court of law or a government agency
For research purposes where the data is not tied to a specific vehicle or vehicle owner
Event data recorder
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 a vehicle’s systems
performed. The EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety
systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:
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How various systems in your vehicle were operating
How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and / or brake pedal
How fast the vehicle was travelling.
This data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes
and injuries occur.
NOTE: The EDR will not record data in all crash situations; no data is recorded by the EDR
under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash
location) is recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine the
EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash
investigation.
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 special equipment, can read the information if they have
access to the vehicle or the EDR.
Disclosure of the EDR data
Toyota will not disclose the data recorded in an EDR to a third party except when:
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An agreement from the vehicle’s owner (or the lessee for a leased vehicle) is obtained
In response to an official request by the police, a court of law or a government agency
For use by Toyota in a law suit.
However, if necessary, Toyota may:
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Use the data for research on vehicle safety performance
Disclose the data to a third party for research purposes without disclosing
information about the specific vehicle or vehicle owner.
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