Intelligent Technology
-How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better understand ing of the circumstances in which crashes and in
juries 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 re
corded. However, other parties, such as law en
forcement, could combine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data routinely ac
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed . In addition to the vehicle manu
facturer, other parties, such as law enforcement,
that have the special equipment, can read the in
formation if they have access to the vehicle or the
EDR.
Some state laws restrict the retrieval or down
loading of data stored by ED Rs installed in a vehi
cle for the express purpose of retrieving data af
ter an accident or crash event without the own
er's consent.
Audi will not access the EDR and/or similar data
or give it to others -
- unless the vehicle owner (or lessee if the vehi
cle has been leased) agrees; or
- upon the official request by the police; or
- upon the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsuit through the judicial
discovery process.
- Audi 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 vehi
cle or information about the identity of its own
er or lessee and only after the recorded vehicle
data has been accessed.
Vehicle control modules
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.
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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 record
ed) . Only a small amount of data is actually re
corded over a very limited period of time, or stor
ed 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 re
straint 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.
@ Tips
Your vehicle may be equipped with Audi con
nect. Your use of certain Audi connect fea
tures requires wireless services that are pro
vided by a third party wireless telecommuni
cations provider. For details regarding how in
formation obtained through Audi connect is
collected, processed, transmitted, used, and
shared, please see your contract with the
wireless telecommunications provider and the
"About Audi connect" tab in your vehicle's
MMI:
I MENU ! button > Audi connect> About
Audi connect.
