In our capacity as a service provider, we receive real-time information about location, speed, sensors and other vehicle and device information from third parties, such as car manufacturers that develop connected vehicles equipped with our online maps, navigation or traffic software, mobile apps or business fleet management services. We use this data only after we have made sure it has been disconnected from device information or any other personal data. For example, we use vehicle sensor data to continuously update our highly detailed maps for automated driving, helping us increase safety and comfort in self-driving vehicles.
We also receive data from others when you have interacted with them, for example when you have used a mobile app or location intelligence platform from a company with embedded TomTom Maps APIs, Navigation SDK or SDKs software. We work with random session identifiers to improve the quality of our Maps APIs and SDKs by analyzing search queries and results linked to a unique interaction. These insights help us for example show relevant point of interests (POIs) within a certain area and improve your search process.
The collection of data through built-in location technology software occurs under the full responsibility of these third parties in accordance with their privacy policies. These third parties have full control over that data, including your consent, and TomTom is only allowed to use this data within the limits as instructed by these parties while adhering to contractual privacy arrangements at the same time. To learn more about the security measures, please visit section Security.