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VEHICLEFORENSICS · A GUIDE FOR UK LAWYERS Vehicle Infotainment and Telematics Forensics The Car as a Witness: Connected Phones, Journeys, Doors and Events COMPUTER FORENSICS LAB

§ ABOUT THE AUTHOR PREPARED BY COMPUTER FORENSICS LAB E-DISCOVERY TEAM ESTABLISHED 2007 · LONDON ISO 17025-ALIGNED PROCEDURES INFOTAINMENT & TELEMATICS PAIRED-DEVICE & JOURNEY RECOVERY CPR PART 35 EXPERT REPORT S FULL CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY DOCUMENTATION

§ CONTENTS In this guide 01 Executive summary 02 The problem in plain English: the car remembers 03 What vehicle systems record: infotainment, navigation and modules 04 Telematics and connected-car cloud data 05 Preserving and extracting vehicle data 06 Correlation, corroboration and honest limits 07 Deployment: journeys, collisions, presence and privacy 08 Source architecture: where else the evidence lives 09 Worked examples 10 Common mistakes and technical limitations 11 Questions to ask · Suggested wording 12 Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic expert 13 Frequently asked questions 14 Glossary · References · Disclaimer · How a specialist laboratory can assist

§ 01 · ORIENTATION Executive summary The headline point: a modern car records paired phones, journeys, door and ignition events and often place, if the data is preserved and extracted correctly and its limits are honestly stated.

§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES The problem in plain English: the car remembers

§ 03 · WHATVEHICLESYSTEMSRECORD What vehicle systems record: infotainment, navigation and modules PAIRED PHONES JOURNEYS MODULE EVENTS COLLISION DATA CORRELATE