BMW CarData Report

randybobandy · 05-06-2020, 11:08 AM

I just found an option on the CD website to download a CarData Report from BMW. I've never seen this before, but decided to request it. Apparently, it can take up to 24 hours. Is this a new feature? If not, has anyone requested the report? I am interested to see what it contains.

LexxM3 · 05-06-2020, 11:19 AM

I've been wondering about this kind of thing for a while. Many jurisdictions in the world have privacy laws now that require vendors to provide full data that has been collected on a consumer and to remove said data on request. And BMW connected services clearly collect an enormous amount of such data. Following ...

smovva · 05-06-2020, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by randybobandy

I just found an option on the CD website to download a CarData Report from BMW. I've never seen this before, but decided to request it. Apparently, it can take up to 24 hours. Is this a new feature? If not, has anyone requested the report? I am interested to see what it contains.

Must be related to the EU GDPR regs that any and all personal data collected must be made available to data owner and if requested have ability to delete it. Let us know what shows up in the report - perhaps GPS data, speed etc?

smovva · 05-06-2020, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by smovva

Must be related to the EU GDPR regs that any and all personal data collected must be made available to data owner and if requested have ability to delete it. Let us know what shows up in the report - perhaps GPS data, speed etc?

On second thoughts, seem harmless enough?

https://connecteddrive.bmwusa.com/ap...ection=cardata

randybobandy · 05-06-2020, 02:14 PM

I'll keep you guys posted...waiting for it to populate. I just want to know if they can see me singing through the driver's attention camera. I love fumbling around on the CD portal...

JayInVa · 05-07-2020, 07:36 AM

This is what I got:

SJW · 05-07-2020, 09:43 AM

A bit uneventful.

randybobandy · 05-07-2020, 09:48 AM

ha sorry guys...it was boring! I was expecting some more data, and even a larger timeframe. it's essentially the connected drive app, but in a different, still crappy, format!

BLUF: It's a waste of time and clicks!

mitch57 · 05-07-2020, 12:51 PM

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ha sorry guys...it was boring! I was expecting some more data, and even a larger timeframe. it's essentially the connected drive app, but in a different, still crappy, format!

BLUF: It's a waste of time and clicks!

Agreed. The same information that's on the phone app.

Nothing to see here folks! Move along please...LOL

c_hri_s · 05-07-2020, 03:36 PM

Mine spat out a bunch of fault codes which (if I knew what they meant) might be semi-interesting at least ...

Marty in NY · 05-07-2020, 04:05 PM

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Mine spat out a bunch of fault codes which (if I knew what they meant) might be semi-interesting at least ...

Plug your codes into this site to see what they mean - hope you like the results

https://bmwfault.codes/

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randybobandy Rick James 305 Rep 784 Posts Drives: 2020 BMW M340i xDrive Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	ha sorry guys...it was boring! I was expecting some more data, and even a larger timeframe. it's essentially the connected drive app, but in a different, still crappy, format! BLUF: It's a waste of time and clicks!
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c_hri_s Private First Class 39 Rep 123 Posts Drives: BMW X5 (G05) Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Mine spat out a bunch of fault codes which (if I knew what they meant) might be semi-interesting at least ...
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