John Deere
John Deere Operations Center
1. Identity
Company: Deere & Company
Product: John Deere Operations Center
Primary Users: Farmers
2. What categories of data does the product or service collect from me?
Agronomic Data
Land Data
Farm Management Data
Machine Data
We differentiate business data into machine, production and other data.
Machine Data generally relates to how your equipment is functioning. Examples include fuel consumption, implement, basic crop category, bale counts, machine health indicators, vehicle diagnostic codes and engine performance.
Production Data generally relates to the work you do with the equipment and the land on which the work is performed. Examples include field task details, crop variety, trees or crop harvested (yield), and agronomic inputs applied.
Other Data are data that we identify for special handling. Examples include variable rate prescriptions, user-entered notes and user-formatted reports.
These terms are described in more detail in our Business Data Principles: TYPES OF DATA WE COLLECT website.
NO
3. Ownership: Do the tech company’s agreements address ownership of user data?
You control the management and sharing of business data within your John Deere Operations Center account. Different circumstances can make determining who owns data complicated and unclear. That’s why we believe control of the data is the most important issue. See our Business Data Principles: YOU CONTROL WHO SEES YOUR DATA for complete explanation of John Deere’s statement concerning data ownership and control.
NO
4. Transparency in Aggregation: Does the tech company allow the user to opt out of inclusion in anonymized and aggregated datasets that are accessible by other users?
We may combine your anonymized data with data from others and include your data in anonymized data sets. We may also share in aggregate, statistical form, non-personal information with our partners, affiliates, or advisors.
See our Business Data Principles: TO LEARN FROM YOUfor complete explanation of John Deere’s statement concerning data ownership and control.
YES
5. Vendor/Subcontract Access to Data: Does the tech company require outside contractors that have access to user data to follow the tech company’s data policies?
We ensure that our promises to our customers are honored whether we perform the services ourselves or if we engage a supplier to assist us. We do not share customer data with any supplier unless the supplier has first confirmed that it will make no use of any customer data that is not consistent with our data statement or expressly authorized by the customer. See our Business Data Principles: SHARING and TO SERVE YOU
YES
6. Consent to Share Data: Will the ATP obtain my consent before providing other companies with access to my data?
You may share and disclose data in the John Deere Operations Center and other connected portals and apps. By setting permissions for your account, you control other parties’ access and visibility into your data. You also control which John Deere dealers have access to data in your account. Please note that when you share your information with someone other than John Deere, the recipient may decide to copy, use, modify, or distribute it to others, and John Deere has no control over, or responsibility for, any such activities. See our Business Data Principles: YOU CONTROL WHO SEES YOUR DATA and SHARING
YES
7. Consent to Share Aggregated Data: By signing up, does the user give the tech company the right to sell aggregated data to third parties without obtaining further consent?
Our Business Data Principles do not address the sale of aggregated data directly, however, our Principles do allow us to transfer your data as part of the sale of business assets.
See our Business Data Principles: PROTECT AND MAINTAIN YOUR DATA
YES
8. Portability: Does the tech company maintain an original copy of user data that can be retrieved or deleted upon a user’s request?
Our Business Data Principles state:
You may download and export files from the John Deere Operations Center.
You may request that we delete, update, or amend data in your account. We will make every reasonable effort to honor your request promptly and in accordance with applicable data protection laws or inform you if we require further information to fulfill your request. Please note that deleting data may limit our ability to support you and, in some cases, may result in you no longer being able to use the applicable Data Services and – subject to any applicable privacy laws – we may retain certain basic information where necessary for our record keeping purposes.
Yes
9. Data Security: Will the tech company notify a user if a breach of data security occurs that causes disclosure of the user’s data to an outside party?
John Deere is committed to providing notice of any data breach as required by law. Because John Deere operates in many locations and the laws for notice vary, no specific form of notice is included in the Business Data Principles. See our Business Data Principles: SAFEGUARDING for more information.
YES
10. Notice of Changes: Will the tech company notify a user when data agreements change and summarize how the agreements were changed?
The John Deere Operations Center Terms of Use state that terms can be amended from time to time and users will be notified. See Terms of Use, Section G.11.
NO
10. Do the tech company’s agreements address what happens to user data if the tech company is sold to another company?
Our agreements do not address what happens if Deere & Company were sold to another company.