Vehicle data recording

This vehicle is equipped with sophisticated computers that record certain data regarding vehicle controls and operations.

Data recorded by the computers^*1

Certain data, such as the following, is recorded depending on the operation timing and status of each function.

Basic vehicle behavior related data (engine speed/electric motor speed, accelerator/brake pedal operation, vehicle speed, etc.)

Operating state of the driving support systems (recorded during system operation, includes basic vehicle behavior related data)

Driving support system sensor data

Image data (images from the front, rear, vehicle periphery, and driver monitor cameras)^*2

Location information

These computers do not record conversations, sounds, or images of the inside of the vehicle.

Also, personal information which may be used to identify the owner of the vehicle (name, gender, age, etc.) is not recorded.

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The recorded data varies according to the vehicle grade level and options with which it is equipped.

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The vehicle has multiple cameras. For details on from which cameras images are recorded, contact your Toyota dealer.

Usage of recorded data and personal information by the Toyota Safety Sense 3.0

The operating state of each system, data from each sensor, image data (images from the front/rear cameras), and position information is recorded by the Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 in the following situations. Toyota obtains this information when the vehicle is brought to the dealership or when sent to the Toyota servers.

In certain collisions or collision-like situations

When driving on roads with certain traffic situations, such as congestion, poor road surfaces, poor weather, etc.

When driving on certain roads, such as roads which were recently opened or extended

After the hybrid system is started, for a certain amount of time

To learn more about the vehicle data collected, used and shared by Toyota, please visit www.toyota.com/privacyvts/.

Data provision and use purpose by third parties

Data recorded by the computers may be used for collision analysis, malfunction diagnosis, automated driving, advanced safety and map related technologies (technology, product development, product improvement, etc.) and products and services which use data (maps used for automated driving and advanced safety technologies, driving condition analysis, analysis of the driving environment, such as road infrastructure, traffic condition communication, etc. Herein referred to as “individual services”.) Also, this data may be used for customer support related to a collision, collision analysis or resolution.

In situations such as the following, Toyota may disclose the recorded data to a third party:

When the consent of the vehicle owner (or the lessee if the vehicle is leased) has been given

When officially requested by the police, a court of law or a government agency

When it is to be used by Toyota in a lawsuit

When data is to be used research purposes after processing so that the data is not tied to a specific vehicle or vehicle owner

In addition to the above, Toyota may disclose the data recorded by the Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 to a third party in the following situations:

When separate consent of the vehicle owner (or the lessee if the vehicle is leased) has been given. This includes situations when the user subscribes to an individual service which is provided by a second party and uses vehicle recorded data, where the provider has obtained the user’s consent for providing data to a third-party

When providing data to a company involved in autonomous driving software, etc. for the purpose of research and development (technology, product development, product improvement, etc.) of automated driving, advanced safety and map related technologies

When providing image data and position information to a company involved in map creation, etc. for the purpose of research and development map related technologies

When providing image data and position information to a local government for the purpose of road maintenance, etc.

When providing processed image data and position information to traffic condition communication individual services

When providing image data from near a fire, or other area that emergency services are dispatched, to the fire department of a local government which has entered a separate contract with Toyota

Note:

Image information recorded by the vehicle can be erased by your Toyota dealer.

The image recording function can be disabled. However, if the function is disabled, data from when systems operate will not be available.

If you wish to stop the collection of Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 data by the Toyota servers for the purpose of research and development and provision to individual services, contact your Toyota dealer.