The other day I noticed for the first time that if you look at the infotainment screen, where the driving mode is shown (ie normal, sport etc), at the moment you turn off the ignition, for a brief moment it will show the road name, or location where you are at that precise moment. I thought this was strange, as I didn’t have the sat nav on at the time. I made a mental note of this and tried it several times during the following few days, and every time the same thing happened when switching off the ignition.

now call me paranoid, but does this mean that the car is storing details of journeys without the driver requesting or being aware..? What are the data protection issues with this, especially when Skoda plug in the car at a service, can they see all visited locations?

Yes, my car complains that I ignore it's data protection rights as well.

 

Thanks AG Falco

It doesn’t store the road, it just shows it to you. The GPS is always running and the car always knows where it is, it’s just an extra thing it’s telling you in case you forget. Your mobile phone does the same. I have never told my phone where I work yet when I get into the car it knows I have left the house and it tells me 68 miles to work traffic is whatever. It knows where I work because of the information it finds there and how often I visit. It also knows I don’t go there at the weekend. Amazing really.

Edited 30 March, 20188 yr by SashaGrace

That could be why my phone keeps asking me for a work address.

I'm a freelance builder so I'm all over the place and my phone can't work it out.

Guess I'm driving it crazy lol. I am not a number. can't pigeon hole me. Ha ha 

Yeah I confuse mine on Fridays as I am usually visiting other schools for research on Fridays. These phones are very clever these days, but I think (sometimes), therefore I am

13 hours ago, SashaGrace said:

It doesn’t store the road, it just shows it to you. The GPS is always running and the car always knows where it is, it’s just an extra thing it’s telling you in case you forget. Your mobile phone does the same. I have never told my phone where I work yet when I get into the car it knows I have left the house and it tells me 68 miles to work traffic is whatever. It knows where I work because of the information it finds there and how often I visit. It also knows I don’t go there at the weekend. Amazing really.

If you have an iPhone I know you can turn that option off so it won’t tell you how far to work and what the traffic is like. On android I believe it’s an option in google maps. 

 

I quite like it to it to be honest. 

I've noticed this, and would much rather have the current road name than the driving mode showing. Is there a way of way of keeping the road name showing instead of driving mode?

1 hour ago, Madmax889 said:

If you have an iPhone I know you can turn that option off so it won’t tell you how far to work and what the traffic is like. On android I believe it’s an option in google maps. 

 

I quite like it to it to be honest. 

I believe you can. I quite like it myself

3 hours ago, Madmax889 said:

If you have an iPhone I know you can turn that option off so it won’t tell you how far to work and what the traffic is like. On android I believe it’s an option in google maps. 

 

I quite like it to it to be honest. 

 

 

Go into google map history "Your Timeline" and it will tell you where you have been, every journey, every day whether you have been using Nav or not.

 

You can turn it off though.

 

Lee

 

 

Edited 31 March, 20188 yr by logiclee

Is there a way to get the road name displayed while the engine is on, rather than the driving mode?