VW App - "Ready for vehicle software updates and more improvements?"

[tkid]

Has anyone recently noticed the message in the VW app "Ready for vehicle software updates and more improvements?"

On clicking it, I'm then asked to log in and asked to give consent to the following:

• Performance of analyses

• Vehicle-related product monitoring

• Product improvement and innovation

Do I need to give additional consent to these three so that I can get additional updates to the car, or can I reject all and still receive updates? In order to get the car to work with Octopus Intelligent Go, I had to basically give consent to however many things they asked me to, and now I'm finding out I have to give MORE consent?
I think I could give consent, see what the fuss is about and revoke it later. Wondering what other people's experience on this if they've gone through with it.

[MikeS]

I've not had that in the app (but i did give the permission ages ago).
but, this morning i got n email from Volkswagen saying my car was ready for a software update to 3.2 OTA!
(my cars been on 3.1 for well over a year so i assumed it was going to have to be a dealer upgrade along with the service to get anything more)

>Hello (***removed****),
>Thank you for choosing sustainable mobility as part of our ID. family. We are delighted to be able to offer you additional functions and optimisations for your ID. with our ID. software 3.2.
>Vehicle identification number: (***removed****)
>You can perform the update easily over-the-air by taking the following steps – without having to visit your workshop:
>1. Consent to data use
>To send the data for the ID. software to your vehicle, we need your consent.If you have already given this one-time consent, you don’t need to do anything else. If you have not yet granted us this, simply log in >with your Volkswagen ID user account
>2. Checking the data connection
>Activate online mode in the infotainment system of your ID.
>3. Downloading the Software Update
>The software is downloaded in the background while driving if your vehicle is online. It may take a few days to supply the full data package to your ID.
>4. Installing the Software Update
>Your vehicle notifies you in the infotainment system as soon as the update is ready to install and guides you through the installation process. You can chose when installation takes place. Please note that the update can only be installed when the vehicle is parked
>...........

no sign of anything in the car yet tho