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Event data recorders
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customer's warranty and any claims made under warranty. Any malfunctions stored in the vehicle may be reset by an after-sales service company during servicing or repair work, or at your request.
Comfort and infotainment
functions
Comfort settings and personalised settings
may be saved in the vehicle and modified or reinitialised at any time. Depending on the vehicle's equipment level, this may include: – Seat and steering wheel position settings. – Chassis and air conditioning settings. – Personalised settings such as the interior lighting. You can enter your own data into the functions of your vehicle's audio and telematic system, as part of the selected functionalities. Depending on the vehicle's equipment level, this may include: – Multimedia data such as music, videos or photos to be read by an integrated multimedia system. – Address book data to be used with an integrated hands-free system or with an integrated navigation system. – Entered destinations. – Data regarding the use of online services. This data for the comfort and infotainment functions may be stored locally in the vehicle
or saved to a device that you have connected to the vehicle (e.g. smartphone, USB memory stick or MP3 player). Data that you have entered yourself may be deleted at any time. This data may also be transmitted outside the vehicle at your request, particularly when using online services in line with the settings that you have selected.
Smartphone integration
(e.g. Android Auto® or
Apple®CarPlay®)
If your vehicle is equipped accordingly, you can connect your smartphone or another mobile device to the vehicle in order to operate it using the vehicle's integrated controls. Images and sounds from the smartphone can be transmitted through the audio and telematics system. Specific information is simultaneously sent to your smartphone. Depending on the type of integration, this includes data such as location, day/night mode and other general information about the vehicle. For more information, please refer to the user instructions for the vehicle or the audio and telematics system.Integrating a smartphone allows you to use its applications, such as a navigation app or music player. No other integration between the smartphone and the vehicle is possible, in particular active access to vehicle data. How the data is processed subsequently is determined by the supplier of the application being used.
The ability the change settings depends on the application in question and on the operating system installed on your smartphone.
Online services
If your vehicle is connected to a wireless network, data can be exchanged between your vehicle and other systems. Connection to a wireless network is made possible via a
transmitter located in your vehicle or a mobile device that you have provided (e.g. smartphone). The online services can be used via this wireless connection. These include online services and applications (apps) provided to you by the Manufacturer or other suppliers.
Exclusive services
As regards the Manufacturer's online services, the corresponding functions are described by the Manufacturer in an appropriate medium (e.g. handbook, Manufacturer's website) and the information about data protection is provided. Personal data may be used for online services. The exchange of data for this purpose takes place over a secure connection, using for example the Manufacturer's dedicated computer systems. The collection, processing and use of personal data for the development of services are carried out solely on the basis of a legal authorisation, for example in the case of a legal emergency call system or a contractual agreement or else under a consent agreement.
