BMW 7 Series: Data protection
Vehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country-specific and optional features offered with the series.
It also describes features and functions that are not necessarily available in your vehicle, e.g., due to the selected options or country versions. This also applies to safety-related functions and systems.
When using these functions and systems, the applicable laws and regulations must be observed.
Data protection
Data transfer
Concept
The vehicle offers different services, whose use requires a data transfer to BMW or a service provider.
The data transfer can be deactivated for some services.
General information
When the data transfer is deactivated, the respective service cannot be used.
Only make these settings while stationary.
Adjusting
The data transfer can be configured in different stages or individually for separate services.
Via iDrive:
- "CAR"
- "Settings"
- "General settings"
- "Data privacy"
- Select the desired setting.
Deleting personal data in the vehicle
Concept
Depending on the usage, the vehicle stores personal data, such as stored radio stations. This personal data can be permanently deleted using iDrive.
General information
Depending on the equipment package, the following data can be deleted:
- Driver profile settings.
- Stored radio stations.
- Stored programmable memory buttons.
- Travel and Onboard Computer information.
- Music hard disk.
- Navigation, for instance stored destinations.
- Phone book.
- Online data, for instance Favorites, cookies.
- Office data, for instance voice notes.
- Login accounts.
Altogether, the deletion of the data can take up to 15 minutes.
Functional requirement
Data can only be deleted while stationary.
Deleting data
The personal data in the vehicle will be deleted when the vehicle is reset to the factory settings.
Additional information: Resetting the vehicle configuration
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Driver profiles
Concept
Driver profiles can be created to store personal
vehicle settings. If the vehicle is used by multiple
drivers, each driver can create his personal driver
profile. When a driver profile is sele
Driver profiles- Guest profile
The guest profile can be activated by any driver.
Vehicle settings that are entered when the guest
profile is active will be stored in the guest profile.
In the following cases the guest profile is a
Driver profiles- Setting up a PIN
A driver profile with recognition cannot be activated
without vehicle key. In this case, a PIN can
be set up to activate the driver profile.
Non-ConnectedDrive countries: If a PIN was not
set up or t
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Butt Connector For Repairing A Plug Connection
Notes
IMPORTANT:
1. Identify cause of damage (e.g. sharp-edged body parts, faulty
electrical
loads, jammed mechanisms, corrosion caused by ingress of water, etc.).
2. Read out fault memory.
3. Eliminate cause of damage.
4. Disconnect battery negative terminal.
5. Make sure that no safety-related
System Components
Spare Parts of Slide/tilt Sunroof
The slide/tilt sunroof in the F01/F02 consists The following table lists the
most important of mechanical and electrical components.
COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION CHART
Electrical Components
The following graphic shows all the electrical components of the slide/tilt
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