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Notice about data recorded by the Event Data Recorder and

vehicle control modules

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

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 airbag deployment or hitting a road obsta-

cle, 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:

How various systems in your vehicle were operating;

Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buck-

led/fastened;

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 understanding of the circum-

stances in which crashes and injuries 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 rec-

orded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could com-

bine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routine-

ly 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.

Some state laws restrict the retrieval or downloading of data stored by

EDRs installed in a vehicle for the express purpose of retrieving data

after an accident or crash event without the owner's consent.

Volkswagen will not access the EDR and/or similar data or give it to

others - unless the vehicle owner (or lessee if the vehicle has been

leased) agrees, or;

upon the official request by the police;

upon the order of a court of law or a government agency; or

for the defense of a lawsuit through the judicial discovery process.

Volkswagen may also use the data for research about vehicle opera-

tion and safety performance or provide the data to a third party for

research purposes without identifying the specific vehicle or infor-

mation about the identity of its owner or lessee.

NOTE: Your vehicle may be equipped with Volkswagen Car-Net.

Please see the Volkswagen Car-Net Terms of Service and Privacy

Policy at (http:// www.vw.com/carnet) for details regarding how

Volkswagen collects, processes, transmits, uses and shares infor-

mation obtained through the Volkswagen Car-Net equipment and

service.

Your vehicle is also equipped with a number of electronic control

modules for various vehicle systems, such as engine management,

emission control, airbags, and safety belts.

These electronic control modules record data during normal vehicle

operation that may be needed by trained technicians for diagnostic

and repair purposes. The recording capability of these modules is

limited to data (no sound is recorded). Only a small amount of data is

actually recorded over a very limited period of time, or stored when a

system fault is detected by a control module. Some of the data stored

may relate to vehicle speed, direction, or braking, as well as restraint

system use and performance in the event of a crash. Stored data can

also only be read and downloaded with special equipment that is di-

rectly connected to the vehicle.

Using a mobile phone without a vehicle-integrated antenna -

some important things to know

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

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