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Data Collection Vehicles Privacy Notice
Data Collection Vehicles Privacy Notice
At a glance
Our vehicles have cameras that record their surroundings so that they can drive safely, be supervised by remote operators, be investigated after an accident and be improved.
We keep identifiable video for 30 days. After that it is deleted, or faces and number plates are blurred automatically so that the footage can be used for longer-term analysis and training.
If an accident is confirmed, we keep the relevant video for 5 years to handle legal and insurance claims.
You can object to the processing and ask for access or erasure. Contact: dataprotection@einride.tech.
1. Who is responsible for your personal data
The Einride company that operates the vehicle that recorded you is the data controller. The list shows which company that is in each country.
Country
Controller
Sweden
Einride Autonomous Technologies AB
Germany
Einride Technologies Germany GmbH
Other countries
The Einride company named on the vehicle or in the list on our website
2. What we collect and where it comes from
Video footage and still images of people and vehicles around the vehicle (road users, pedestrians, drivers, and people on the sites where the vehicle operates). Footage can show faces, clothes and number plates. We collect it with the cameras on the vehicle and, before a vehicle is deployed, with a 360° camera during site surveys. We do not use the footage to identify people. If a vehicle’s equipment also records sound, that is included. You do not have to give us anything; the recording is automatic.
3. Why we use your data, on what basis, and for how long
The table lists every purpose. All of them rely on our legitimate interest, stated in the basis column. Safe operation of autonomous vehicles is a serious interest for road safety, for Einride and for the public.
Purpose
What we do
Legal basis
Personal data
Kept for
Separate controllers (recipients)
Facilitating safe Einride Autonomous Vehicle navigation
Enabling real-time navigation by analyzing surroundings for safe Autonomous Vehicle mobility. Includes: Real-time analytics for navigation; Continuous monitoring of surroundings; Safety assurance during vehicle movement; Record 360° site-survey videos before deployment for safety and operations review.
Legitimate interest: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in enabling our autonomous vehicles to navigate safely in real time.
Video
Not stored
None
Remote operator handling of an Einride Autonomous Vehicle
Enabling remote operators to oversee and control Autonomous Vehicles, ensuring safe and efficient operation from a distance. Includes: Supervision through remote control; Ensuring secure and efficient operation; Remote monitoring for safe handling.
Legitimate interest: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in enabling remote operators to safely oversee and control our autonomous vehicles.
Video
Not stored
None
Accident investigation
Conducting thorough investigations following Autonomous Vehicle accidents to enhance safety and prevent future incidents. Includes: Thorough examination of accident scenes; Gathering and analyzing accident data; Identification and analysis of contributing factors.
Legitimate interest: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in investigating accidents to improve safety and prevent recurrence.
Video
Deleted 30 days after recording
Authorities, insurers, courts
Establish and defend legal claims relating to accidents
Keep footage of CONFIRMED accidents so that Einride can establish, exercise or defend legal claims and meet insurance requirements. Includes: Keep footage of confirmed accidents in a restricted archive; Provide evidence to insurers, authorities and courts when needed.
Legitimate interest: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in keeping footage of confirmed accidents to establish, exercise or defend legal claims and meet insurance requirements.
Video
Deleted 5 years after the accident
Authorities, insurers, courts
Develop autonomous capabilities
Advancing autonomous capabilities to enhance vehicle performance and safety in diverse environments. Includes: Algorithm research and implementation; Varied environmental testing; Iterative capability refinement.
Legitimate interest: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in developing our autonomous vehicle capabilities to improve safety and performance.
Video
Deleted 30 days after recording; clips kept longer for analysis and training first have faces and number plates blurred automatically
None
Error investigation, analyzing system performance
Analyze system performance and investigate errors in data collection vehicles for optimal functionality. Includes: Error diagnostics and resolution; Performance analysis and enhancement; System optimization for efficiency.
Legitimate interest: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in investigating errors and analysing system performance in our autonomous vehicles.
Video
30 days
None
Anonymization for extended error analysis and machine learning training
Blurring faces and number plates in recorded video, by an automated tool, before it is used for prolonged error analysis and machine learning training. Includes: Data anonymization for privacy purposes; Extended error analysis capability; Machine learning training enhancement.
Legitimate interest: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in blurring faces and number plates in recorded video so that it can be used for extended error analysis and machine-learning training.
Video
30 days while identifiable; afterwards only clips with faces and number plates blurred automatically are kept, up to 2 years
None
Meet legal requirements to record and keep autonomous-driving event data
Where the law requires, we record a defined set of event data from the vehicle (for example position, when the autonomous function is switched on or off, system status and interventions by the technical supervisor) and keep it so that we can hand it to the authorities on request.
Legal obligation: for example section 1g of the German Road Traffic Act (StVG) requires us to store this data.
Vehicle ID, Position data, Activation and deactivation times, System monitoring data, Technical supervisor interventions (name of the supervisor)
For as long as the law requires, up to 5 years after the event
German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) and other competent authorities, on request
4. How we limit the impact on you
Identifiable video is kept at most 30 days, except confirmed accidents (5 years, restricted to the claims, legal and safety team).
Longer-term analysis and training use only clips where faces and number plates have been blurred automatically. Access to them is limited, and they are deleted when the period ends.
Real-time navigation and remote operation are not stored.
Only authorised staff can view footage.
5. Who receives your data
Service providers that work on our behalf (processors) are not named here. They provide cloud hosting and storage, remote operator tools and data analysis tools. They may only use the footage on our instructions. Within the Einride Group, other companies may see the footage to support vehicle operation and development.
Separate controllers (last column of the table): the police and other authorities, insurers and courts, where we must or may share footage, for example after an accident.
6. Transfers outside the EU/EEA
Einride companies in the USA may access the footage. These transfers follow our intra-group data transfer agreement, which includes the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Providers outside the EU/EEA are used only with standard contractual clauses or when they are certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
7. Automated decisions
We do not use automated decision-making, including profiling, that has legal or similarly significant effects on you.
8. Your rights
Access to your personal data, and a copy of it.
Correction of data that is wrong or incomplete.
Erasure, or restriction of our use, in the cases the law allows.
Objection to processing based on our legitimate interest. We then stop unless we have compelling reasons.
Data portability for data you gave us and that we process by contract or consent.
Tell us when and where you think you were recorded so that we can find the footage.
If you think we handle your data wrongly, you can complain to the data protection authority in your country. In Sweden this is the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY, imy.se).
9. Contact and changes
E-mail: dataprotection@einride.tech. Post: Einride AB, Stadsgården 6, Stockholm, Sweden. We may update this notice; the date of the latest version is at the end of this page.
Last updated: 16 October 2026
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