Bluefield Seeding Solutions Inc.
1. Identity
Who is the tech company?
Bluefield Seeding Solutions Inc. (BSSi)
What products, platform, or services within the tech company are certifying as Ag Data Transparent?
The Seed Sensing Technology and the online platform provided by BSSi
Who are the primary users of the product, platform, or services?
Potato Producers
2. Categories of Ag Data Collected
What categories of data does the data platform collect?
Agronomic Data.
Land Data.
Agronomic Data. This may include crop and field information, such as planting data, seed type, yield, disease and pest management application, fertilization, and prescriptions.
Land Data. This may include soil and fertility data, topographical, elevation, watershed, and drainage data, geospatial information, and tillage and conservation data.
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3. Ownership
Do the tech company’s agreements with the user address ownership of user data?
Yes.
The Client agrees that they are the owner or have obtained permission from the owner of any Client Data to transfer, share or upload to be used in the Services. If the Client believes that any Client Data uploaded may have multiple owners, the Client has a duty to obtain each owner's permission prior to using the Services. If the Client allows a person, third party or service to upload the Client Data on the Client's behalf, the Client agrees that such person or service has permission to do so. The Client releases BSSI from any claims that someone else owns the Client Data uploaded to the Client's account.
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Schedule B, Section 4: User Agreement/Software Terms and Conditions
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?
No. Our customers are not able to view anyone else’s data.
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5. Vendor Access to Data
Does the tech company require outside contractors that have access to user data to follow the tech company’s data policies?
Yes. To the extent that BSSI engages any subcontractors or third parties to perform any of the Services, or who will otherwise have access to the Client Data, BSSI shall ensure that those persons comply with BSSI’s obligations to the client (including with respect to data security) set out in this Agreement.
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Schedule B, Section 8.4: User Agreement/Software Terms and Conditions
6. Consent
Does the tech company obtain a user’s consent before sharing user data with third parties? (E.g. integrations, government and others)
Yes, but the answer should be “not applicable.” The User Agreement does not permit the sharing of any user data with any third parties (and we do not do so). As such, if we were to ever want to share data, we would need specific consent (and an amendment to the user agreement).
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7. Consent
By signing up, does the user give the tech company the right to sell aggregated data to third parties without obtaining further consent?
Yes. BSSI’s Software Terms and Conditions state: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, BSSI may monitor the Client's use of the Services and collect and compile data and information related to the Client's use of the Services that is used by BSSI in an aggregate and anonymized manner, including to compile statistical and performance information related to the provision and operation of the Services (“Aggregated Statistics” and "Client Data" means, other than Aggregated Statistics, information, data, and other content, in any form or medium, that is submitted, posted, or otherwise transmitted by or on behalf of the Client or an Authorized User through the Services). As between BSSI and the Client, all right, title, and interest in Aggregated Statistics, and all intellectual property rights therein, belong to and are retained solely by BSSI. The Client acknowledges that BSSI may compile Aggregated Statistics based on Client Data input into the Services. The Client agrees that BSSI may (i) make Aggregated Statistics publicly available in compliance with applicable law, (ii) use Aggregated Statistics to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable law, and (iii) use Aggregated Statistics in any manner that BSSI sees fits, including without limitation selling Aggregated Statistics to third parties; provided that such Aggregated Statistics do not identify the Client or the Client's Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, BSSI IP includes Aggregated Statistics and any information, data, or other content derived from BSSI's monitoring of the Client's access to or use of the Services, but does not include the Client Data. The Client may opt out at any time from aggregated data collection and sharing by notifying BSSI.
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Schedule B, Section 6: User Agreement/Software Terms and Conditions
8. Portability
Does the tech company maintain an original copy of user data that can be retrieved or deleted upon a user’s request?
Yes. The BSSI Software Terms and Conditions state: The Client can request a download of the Client Data at any time as long as the Client maintains an active account with BSSI. In some circumstances, the Client Data may not be retrievable in its original format.
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9. Data Security
Will the tech company notify the user if a breach of data security causes disclosure of the user’s data to an outside party?
Yes. The BSSI Software Terms and Conditions state: Client Data is stored on servers rented by BSSI from reliable service providers. BSSI takes reasonable and customary security measures to protect the privacy and security of the Client Data. In the event of a data breach, natural disaster or other unforeseen event that causes the Client Data to be deleted or compromised, BSSI will notify the Client as required.
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Schedule B, Section 8.4: User Agreement/Software Terms and Conditions
10. Notice
Will the tech company notify the user when data agreements are changed and summarize how the agreements were changed?
Yes. The BSSI Software Terms and Conditions state: BSSI may revise this Agreement from time to time. BSSI will notify the Client by email or when the Client uses the Services of any revisions. By continuing to use the Services after the revisions become effective, the Client agrees to be bound by any updated version of this Agreement.
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Schedule B, Section 8.3: User Agreement/Software Terms and Conditions
11. Changes in Company Ownership
Do the tech company’s data agreements address what happens to user data if the tech company is sold to another company?
Yes. The BSSI Software Terms and Conditions state: To the event that BSSI undergoes a change of control or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to a third party, BSSI shall ensure that either BSSI or the purchaser, as applicable, either: (a) assumes BSSI’s obligations to the Client specified in this Agreement; or (b) terminates this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Section 7.2: User Agreement/Software Terms and Conditions