LinkedIn Case Shows the Limits of Data Ownership
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A recent ruling on a case involving LinkedIn's collection of user data helps answers some, but not all, of our questions about how the law will ultimately treat ag data.
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When your ag tech provider is sold, what happens to your ag data?
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DuPont Pioneer's acquisition of Silicon Valley based Granular might have you wondering: what happens to all that data you tech provider collects when its sold?
Read MoreAre You Liable if Your Big Data Platform is Negligent?
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Who is responsible when an ag data platform recommends to a farmer that he do something wrong?
Read MoreData Use Policies: Start by Defining Your Ag Data Guiding Principles
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Is your ag technology company struggling to define how it treats ag data? Define your guiding principles first.
Read MoreThe Internet of Farm Things (IoFT)
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When the Internet of Things arrives on the farm, the change will be remarkable. This post explores some issues that may arise with the coming wave of interconnected devices.
Read MoreFive Things Every Silicon Valley Ag Startup Should Know About Midwestern Farmers
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Farming is different than other industries. This post explains why.
Read MoreUpdated: Are We Ready for Autonomous Tractors?
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Although Google’s autonomous car appears to be getting most of the press, the auto-guidance system on tractors, combines, sprayers and other farm equipment has been around for years.
Read MoreBig Data Considerations for Rural Property Professionals
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I recently contributed to an article about big data considerations for rural property appraisers and other professionals in Journal for the The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Here is an excerpt and link to the full article.
Read MoreAg Data Survey: Providers Must Do More to Explain How Data is Used
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American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) conducted a survey of farmers to determine whether their attitudes about ag data had changed since the prior survey a couple years ago. The results were very interesting. Most farmers still do not have a solid understanding on what happens to their data when they move it from on-farm storage to cloud-based storage with an ag tech provider (ATP).
Read MoreFrustrations with the Cloud
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Janzen Ag Law recently converted from Windows laptops to Apple MacBooks. I could write a book about the changes from Microsoft’s Windows to Apple’s OS, but one thing is the same—both Microsoft and Apple are now insistent on forcing users to use their cloud platforms. Windows embeds its cloud, “OneDrive” into everything. Apple’s mandatory sentencing to iCloud is not much better. Avoiding these cloud servers takes time and effort. As a result, I cannot tell you how many times I have saved a document into a cloud drive when that was not my intent.
Read MoreThe Ag Data Transparency Evaluator
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The problems farmers have with embracing farm data programs are well documented, but I think it comes down to three things: trust, time, and complexity. Trust--many farmers don't know what happens to their data after they send it to an ag technology provider (ATP). Time--farmers are already busy. Who has time to read detailed privacy policies and data license agreements. Complexity--farm data contracts are different than normal farm contracts.
Read MoreHow a 1940's Chicken Farmer Case Answered: Who Owns the Sky?
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Who owns the air above your farm? Although UAVs have caused many people to ask this question recently, the United States Supreme Court addressed this issue way back in 1946. This post tells the story of chicken farmer that sued the US government because military aircraft were "trespassing" on the airspace above his property.
Read MoreJanzen Ag Law's Year in Reverse
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As 2015 comes to end, here is a look back at the top five stories from the Janzen Ag Law blog over the past year.
Read MoreMy Top 10 Farm Data Posts
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This recaps ten of my most popular posts about the legal issues surrounding farm data.
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