Deere & Company, Inc. and John Deere Asia (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (collectively referred as, ‘Deere’) based on the contents of the “Guidelines on Contracts Relating to AI and Data in the Agricultural Sector (“MAFF Guidelines”) formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in March 2020, have revised the terms of use for John Deere Customer Organization Agreement with effect from 2026 (‘Agreement’). This Agreement enables our customers to utilize machine monitoring and farming support services in John Deere Operations Center (“Operations Center”) as well as other websites and applications (“Tools”) provided by Deere. .
Through Operations Center, we collect and manage operational and agronomic data (such as machine information, job information, work plans, and other information) relating to a customer’s agricultural equipment (such as tractors, combines, sprayers, etc).
Deere Customer Organization Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notice differ from the MAFF Guidelines as follows:
- The MAFF Guidelines require reporting on the management status of data, but the Deere Organization Customer Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Notice stipulate how a customer’s data is managed and explain that Deere implements and maintains security measures to protect customer data.
- The MAFF Guidelines allow a customer to check on data usage and use of the data, the Deere Customer Organization Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notice differ by providing a point of contact for a customer to obtain detailed information.
- The MAFF Guidelines stipulate Japanese law and Japan as the governing law and court of jurisdiction, respectively, but Deere Customer Organization Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notice list United States and the United States law.
For more information about John Deere Operations Center, click here (data services).
For more information about Privacy Notice, click here (Privacy Notice).