Abstract
Digital technologies are increasingly used in the agricultural domain and have led to significant transformation in this field. These digital technologies collect, use, share, and process a large amount of data from farms. This massive data collection has raised concerns among farmers about the privacy and misuse of their data. Protecting personal data has been the center of attention by many privacy regulations and best practices. However, farm data protection has not gained enough attention among regulators and legal practitioners and only a few privacy regulations apply to very sensitive farm data. Several codes of conduct and best practices for farm data collection, usage, and processing exist which operate based on voluntary action. In this entry, we reviewed these regulations, codes of conduct, and best practices by developing a framework. We also reviewed the key differences between principles and accreditation in the codes of conduct and best practices. This review has helped us understand the mechanism of farm data protection including principles, practices, and compliance requirements.
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This research was funded by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Alliance Tier I, funding awarded to Rozita Dara.
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Kaur, J., Dara, R. (2023). Ensuring Privacy in Smart Farming: Review of Regulations, Codes of Conduct and Best Practices. In: Zhang, Q. (eds) Encyclopedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89123-7_272-1
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