Data Ownership and Sharing Agreement
Data Ownership and Sharing Agreement
This agreement is about your data. It says you own it, who else can use it, and what they cannot do with it.
1. Who is involved
- You, the harvester.
- Your group, the co-op or fleet company you belong to.
- The provider, which is
[KIPNETIC LEGAL NAME]and[SHEERR WEATHER LEGAL NAME]together, running the Mauzy Marine service.
[LAWYER: confirm which of the two companies does what. For example, who holds the data, who answers privacy requests, and whether they are liable jointly or separately. The written agreement between Kipnetic and Sheerr Weather must exist before this document is used.]
2. What counts as your data
Your data is what the service collects from you or your boat:
- your position, speed and time, from your phone or sensor kit
- your condition reports (wind, seas, icing, fog, notes)
- your sensor readings, such as motion and pressure
- your vessel details, such as the boat name and home port
3. You own it
You own your data. This is true in every sharing mode. You can always see your own exact position. Nothing in this agreement transfers ownership to your group or the provider. You give them only the limited permissions listed here.
4. What your group may do
Your group may use the data you share to:
- plan and keep an eye on safety for the group
Your group may not:
- sell your data
- use it to enforce rules or discipline you
- give it to competitors
- give it to government, except where the law requires it
5. What the provider may do
The provider may use your data to:
- run the service for you and your group
- run safety features
- use de-identified summaries to check and improve forecasts. These do not name you or your boat.
The provider will not sell data that identifies you.
6. Your five sharing modes
You choose your mode. It controls who can see your position.
| Mode | Who sees your position |
|---|---|
coop (starting setting) | Exact position, to members of your own group |
safety (you opt in) | Exact position, to your group and to groups that joined the safety network. Both sides must opt in. |
rough | A rough area about 11 km wide, to your group only |
delayed | Your exact position, shown only after a delay (6 hours to start, 1 to 168 hours), to your group only |
private | Nobody but you. Your device still logs for you. |
Your mode is your choice. A fleet admin or shore manager cannot change it. A role in the group never lets someone see more than your mode allows. Weather and the AI briefing use forecasts only. They are not told positions you have hidden.
7. Changing your mode
You can change your mode at any time. Every change is logged. If you tighten it, the change applies to new positions at once. For past condition reports, locations are rounded or removed at once. Your raw past positions stay visible to you only.
8. Your consent is personal
A group cannot agree to this for you. Each harvester accepts this agreement themselves, in their own account. If you do not accept, we will not share your data with the group.
[LAWYER: confirm that a group cannot validly consent for its members, and check whether the co-op's bylaws or union status change who may sign.]
9. Withdrawing, export and deletion
You can stop sharing, export your data, or ask us to delete it. How long we keep each kind of data, and what happens at the end, is in the Retention and Deletion Schedule. That schedule applies to this agreement.
10. If the group leaves or the pilot ends
Your data stays yours. The group can export the shared group data. You keep the right to export or delete your own data. After the group leaves, the group no longer gets new data from you.
11. If we disagree
Talk to us first. Write to [PRIVACY CONTACT EMAIL]. If we cannot sort it out, the laws of Newfoundland and Labrador and the federal laws of Canada that apply there govern this agreement. The courts of Newfoundland and Labrador decide.
[LAWYER: confirm governing law and venue, including for parties based in Labrador.]
12. Changes
If we change this agreement, we publish a new version. You will be asked to accept it again. The old version stays on record with the date you accepted it.
13. Not a safety device
The service supports your own judgment. It sits beside the official Environment and Climate Change Canada forecast and warnings. It does not replace them. It can be wrong, late or unavailable. In an emergency, use VHF channel 16, a distress beacon, or call the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre.