Data Report Card · Tesla
Tesla Data Report Card
Tesla account · vehicle data
Data
Practices
Practices
1Access1Portability1Friction1Deletion2Sells1Trains AI
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C
7/12
Agent
Readiness
Readiness
1Access
1Portability
1API access
=
C
3/6
Agent Readiness is a derived signal — a synthesis of two existing cells (Access, Portability) plus one sourced factor (API access), not an independently measured grade. API access scale: Best (2) consumer-grantable API · Moderate (1) partial / encumbered · Restrictive (0) manual export only. What is Agent Readiness?
Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from Tesla's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
1Accessstated
Self-serve via Tesla Account → Data Privacy Request → "Obtain a Copy of My Data," but several categories are excluded — dashcam and Sentry Mode recordings, and historical location and mileage data.
Tesla Support — Obtain a Copy of Your Data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Portabilitystated
The report is delivered as a PDF plus a
Tesla Support — Obtain a Copy of Your Data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗.csv of the raw data — the CSV is machine-readable, but the headline report is a non-structured PDF.1Frictionstated
Self-serve request, but asynchronous: emailed back "within 30 days, and often much sooner," with a 7-day window to download before you must request again.
Tesla Support — Obtain a Copy of Your Data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Deletionstated
Downloading your data does not delete it; deletion is a separate Data Privacy Request, and Tesla retains data where legally required.
Tesla — Customer Privacy Notice · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Sells / sharesstated
Tesla states it "does not sell or rent" personal data, doesn't associate your location with your account absent a safety event, and honors universal browser opt-out (GPC) signals for targeted advertising.
Tesla — Customer Privacy Notice · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Trains AIstated
Vehicle camera clips and driving snippets are used to train Autopilot/FSD, but only with opt-in consent (toggleable on the touchscreen) and, Tesla states, anonymously — not linked to your VIN or account.
Tesla — Customer Privacy Notice · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1API access — feeds Agent Readiness, not the /12stated
Tesla's Fleet API lets a vehicle owner authorize a third-party app via OAuth to read their own account and vehicle data, superseding the older Owner API; it runs on pay-per-use billing and disables apps without a payment method on file.
Tesla — Fleet API · accessed Jun 2026 ↗Source-verified Jun 2026 from Tesla's own support page and Customer Privacy Notice. All cells are "stated"; none yet "tested" via a live export or deletion.
How to request your data from Tesla
- Go to https://www.tesla.com/contactus?issue=dataPrivacyRequest — Tesla's data-request entry point.
- Sign in to your Tesla Account → Data Privacy Request → Obtain a Copy of My Data.
- Expected wait: within 30 days, often sooner (7-day download window) — Tesla's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
- No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact Tesla — Privacy / Data Subject Requests: mailto:privacy@tesla.com.
These steps reflect Tesla's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.