A method for controlling a communication between a vehicle and a backend device in a vehicle-to-cloud-system, the method comprising: - establishing a first list of mobile online services used by vehicle devices and corresponding data types used by the mobile online services, - establishing a second list of the data types used by the mobile online services and corresponding privacy levels of the data types, - receiving a request (r) from at least one of the mobile online services to connect the backend device, - verifying an authorization of the at least one of the mobile online services to connect the backend device upon the request (r), depending on: - the privacy levels corresponding to the data types used by the at least one of the mobile online services and - current privacy settings of the vehicle, - connecting the at least one of the mobile online services and the backend device, if the at least one of the mobile online services is authorized to connect the backend device, - wherein the at least one of the mobile online services is authorized to connect the backend device, when it uses data types corresponding to at least one privacy level being higher than or equal to the current privacy settings of the vehicle, - and wherein, if the data types used by the at least one of the mobile online services requesting for a connection to the backend device comprise dormant operation data, the connection is allowed, even if the current privacy settings of the vehicle are set to a high level of privacy, in order to allow a transmission of vital data between the vehicle and the backend device. - establishing a first list of mobile online services used by vehicle devices and corresponding data types used by the mobile online services, - establishing a second list of the data types used by the mobile online services and corresponding privacy levels of the data types, - receiving a request (r) from at least one of the mobile online services to connect the backend device, - verifying an authorization of the at least one of the mobile online services to connect the backend device upon the request (r), depending on: - the privacy levels corresponding to the data types used by the at least one of the mobile online services and - current privacy settings of the vehicle, - the privacy levels corresponding to the data types used by the at least one of the mobile online services and - current privacy settings of the vehicle, - connecting the at least one of the mobile online services and the backend device, if the at least one of the mobile online services is authorized to connect the backend device, - wherein the at least one of the mobile online services is authorized to connect the backend device, when it uses data types corresponding to at least one privacy level being higher than or equal to the current privacy settings of the vehicle, - and wherein, if the data types used by the at least one of the mobile online services requesting for a connection to the backend device comprise dormant operation data, the connection is allowed, even if the current privacy settings of the vehicle are set to a high level of privacy, in order to allow a transmission of vital data between the vehicle and the backend device.