Digital Grain Elevator
1. Identity
Who is the tech company?
Digital Grain Elevator, Inc.
What products, platform, or services within the tech company are certifying as Ag Data Transparent?
FOB, FOB Platform, FOB Manager, FOB Driver
Who are the primary users of the product, platform, or services?
Farmers, Suppliers, Drivers, Carriers, Agribusinesses, Shippers
2. Categories of Ag Data Collected
What categories of data does the data platform collect?
Agronomic Data
Farm Management Data
Land Data
Machine Data
FOB Data Use Agreement explains that our Services and Apps collect:
Agronomic Data. This includes crop and field information, such as planting data and yield.
Farm Management Data. This includes information related to transport, storage data and commodity prices.
Land Data. This includes geospatial information, global positioning system information and field boundary data.
Machine Data. This includes telematics information, machine health, fuel consumption, load, use, and other machine performance data.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement
3. Ownership
Do the tech company’s agreements with the user address ownership of user data?
Yes. You are the owner of your Ag Data. DGE believes that ownership should give you the right to share, download, delete your Ag Data, and with whom your Ag Data is disclosed through the Services. You agree that you are the owner or have obtained permission from the owner of any Ag Data you transfer, share, or upload to our Services, including any Ag Data you authorize to be transferred from a third party.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement and FOB Privacy Policy
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?
Yes. Users can always opt-out of inclusion in anonymized and aggregated datasets that are accessible by other users, but this may make some of our features unavailable for such users.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement and FOB Privacy Policy and FOB Terms of Service
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. FOB Data Use Agreement clearly states that if we engage third parties to perform data processing on your Ag Data, these companies must abide by the FOB Data Use Agreement at all times.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement
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. Section 5 of the FOB Data Use Agreement promises that FOB will obtain your consent prior to sharing your Ag Data with any third parties.
Throughout the course of the provision of our service to you, we may delegate our authority to collect, access, use, and disseminate your information. For example, we use a third-party payment processor, which ensures that your credit card and personal information are securely transacted. Similarly, we use a third-party communication tool that helps us to provide the best possible experience for you. In order to use these tools, we must disclose some of your personal information so that it can pass through them.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement and FOB Privacy Policy
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. We do not sell user personal information or Ag Data, nor do we share it with third parties without your consent as set forth in our Terms of Service and Privacy Statement.
We do, however, reserve the right to use Aggregated Information—that is, information that has been aggregated or anonymized such that it is not personally identifiable to a user by a person using reasonable skills—for a variety of purposes as set forth in our Terms of Service without seeking additional user consent.
Learn More: FOB Privacy Policy and FOB Terms of Service
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. DGE keeps a copy of the user’s personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes of using such information or for such period as may be required by applicable law, but may delete the information when it is no longer needed. Users can request access to such information and to delete such information, which requests will be managed in accordance with the FOB Privacy Policy and applicable legal requirements.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement and FOB Privacy Policy
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. In the event of a data breach, natural disaster, or other unforeseen events that cause your Ag Data to be deleted or compromised, DGE will notify you when you log in, by email, or other method required by law.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement and FOB Privacy Policy
10. Notice
Will the tech company notify the user when data agreements are changed and summarize how the agreements were changed?
Yes. The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy provide that any changes will be posted to the website. DGE anticipates that it will summarize any material changes when posted. Users that have an account will also be notified of such changes by email.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement and FOB Terms of Service
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. In the event the company is sold or acquired by another company, you will be notified and have the option of deleting your Ag Data for at least thirty (30) days after the transfer.
We will use reasonable efforts to make sure the transferee uses your information in a manner consistent with our Privacy Statement, Data Use Agreement and Terms of Service.
Learn More: FOB Data Use Agreement and FOB Privacy Policy