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This privacy notice contains several risk flags. Vehicle owners are responsible for ensuring that anyone driving their vehicle understands and acknowledges the data collection practices (risk_flags-1). Hyundai may collect vehicle location data for repossession purposes in cases of delinquency (risk_flags-2). If a vehicle is sold or transferred, any stored information like contacts and saved locations may remain accessible to future users if not deleted by the previous owner (risk_flags-3). Additionally, your data may be shared with dealers for various purposes including marketing (data_use-1). Lastly, canceling Bluelink services stops remote transmission but in-vehicle systems may still collect and store information (cancellation_renewal-1).
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Risk Flags
Critical issues that represent material risks or require significant user awareness due to their potential impact on rights, privacy, or financial status.
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Vehicle owner responsible for notifying others driving their vehicle about data collection.
You are responsible for ensuring that anyone driving your vehicle has read and understood this Notice and acknowledges data collection, use, and/or disclosure when driving your vehicle.
Why it matters: As the vehicle owner, you must inform anyone who drives your vehicle that their information will be collected, used, and/or disclosed, and ensure they understand and acknowledge this practice. Failure to do so could result in an unknowing driver's data being collected.
Please note, you are responsible for ensuring that anyone driving your vehicle has read and understood this Notice and acknowledges our collection, use and/or disclosure of Covered Information when driving your vehicle.
Hyundai may collect vehicle location data for repossession.
Hyundai may collect vehicle location data to protect Hyundai’s rights or property, including repossession in cases of delinquency.
Why it matters: Your vehicle's location data may be collected and used by Hyundai for repossession purposes if you are delinquent, potentially without your explicit consent or knowledge at the time of collection.
In limited circumstances, we may collect vehicle location data, regardless of location data settings, to protect Hyundai’s rights or property (including repossession in cases of delinquency)
Use of Covered Information, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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Vehicle data may remain in the vehicle and be accessible to future users if not deleted upon sale or transfer.
If you sell or transfer your vehicle and do not delete all stored information, it may remain in the vehicle and be accessible to future users.
Why it matters: If you do not manually delete stored information like contacts and saved locations from your vehicle before selling or transferring it, that personal data could be accessed by subsequent owners or users of the vehicle, leading to privacy exposure.
If you sell or otherwise transfer your vehicle, it is your responsibility to: (i) contact us to cancel or transfer your Bluelink® subscription; and (ii) delete all stored information (such as contacts and saved locations) from your vehicle. If you do not delete this information, it may remain in the vehicle and may be accessible to future users of the vehicle.
Your Rights and Choices, paragraph 7 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use
How your data is collected, processed, and shared with others.
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Data may be shared with dealers for maintenance, marketing, and service offers.
Covered Information may be disclosed to authorized dealers, who may contact you directly for vehicle maintenance, repairs, service scheduling, marketing, service offers, and similar purposes.
Why it matters: Your personal information could be shared with dealers, leading to direct marketing communications and service offers from them.
We may disclose Covered Information about you when you use our Vehicle Technologies and Services with our authorized dealers, who may contact you directly for vehicle maintenance, repairs, and service scheduling, marketing, service offers, and similar purposes.
Disclosure of Covered Information, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation & Renewal
Terms related to account cancellation, subscription renewal, and data retention post-cancellation.
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Canceling Bluelink services stops remote transmission but in-vehicle systems may continue to generate and store information.
If you cancel Bluelink services, remote transmission of Covered Information from your vehicle will stop, but in-vehicle systems may continue to generate and store information, which could be accessed by dealers and shared with Hyundai.
Why it matters: Even after canceling Bluelink services, your vehicle's internal systems may still collect data, which could be accessed by independent dealers or shared with Hyundai for repair, maintenance, and safety services, potentially including law enforcement in emergencies.
Further, canceling or declining your subscription does not stop your vehicle and in-vehicle systems from generating or storing information all together. The in-vehicle safety, diagnostic and other tools and systems may continue to generate and store information, which may be accessed by independent dealers and others who service your vehicle, and shared with Hyundai, for performance, safety or diagnostic data to provide appropriate repair, maintenance and other safety-related services.Including, with law enforcement in the case of exigent circumstances.
Your Rights and Choices, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
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Protections
Safeguards and rights that benefit consumers.
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Biometric data stored locally in vehicle with user control.
Your facial geometry and fingerprint data are stored exclusively on your vehicle, are not sent to Hyundai or any other parties, and remain on the vehicle until you delete them or reset the system. You may delete your data at any time.
Why it helps: The storage of biometric data exclusively on the vehicle and the ability for the user to delete it at any time provides strong control over sensitive personal information, reducing the risk of unauthorized access or sharing with third parties.
Your facial geometry and fingerprint data are stored exclusively on your vehicle, are not sent to Hyundai or any other parties, and remain on the vehicle until you delete them or reset the system. You may delete your data at any time.
Covered Information We Collect, paragraph 5 · Citation strength: strong
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Right to cancel Bluelink services to stop remote data transmission.
You can stop remote transmission and collection of Covered Information from your vehicle by declining Bluelink services at purchase or canceling your existing Bluelink subscription.
Why it helps: Users have control over the remote transmission of their vehicle data by being able to cancel Bluelink services, which helps them manage their privacy preferences.
To stop remote transmission and collection from your vehicle, you must: (i) declining Bluelink® services at the point of purchase of a new vehicle, or (ii) cancel your vehicle’s existing Bluelink® subscription.
Your Rights and Choices, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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