Multiple kinds of data.  Some specific to the harvester and its owner (if they are the same particularly given the fact that a lot of equipment is leased) e.g. oil light or collision avoidance and some that is shared by  the “thing” and some that is used by the thing.

Other parties are likely involved than just mfg and farmer.

How did the data get from the harvester, where is it stored, where is it analyzed along the lines of originator and collector of data.

Entity output as attribute (already) registered to device logical address is finite and controlled so maybe the issues of “who owns” becomes who controls.

.. quick thoughts

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Subject: [DG-IDoT] Who owns the data of a sensor?

Hi all,

I have a question taken from a real-life example:

There is a manufacturer of a harvester. This harvester has many sensors to measure different things (e.g. humidity of wheat; quality of the ground etc.)

The manufacturer sells this harvester to a farmer.

Afterwards the farmer can buy a premium add-on device in order to get/see the values of the sensors. Furthermore the manufacturer aggregates these data and sells these also to other interested parties (statistics etc)

My question is “who owns the data”?

One point of view is: In fact the manufacturer sells the data of the farmer to the farmer.

The other point of view is: The manufacture just enables an additional feature on the harvester.

Thoughts ?