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This is the first question to answer, and it is your decision to make with your counsel. Client contracts, confidentiality agreements, professional rules and your own privacy policy can each limit what you may license. We start with data you clearly own. Anything you do not have the rights to stays out.

No. Removing names does not cancel a duty of confidentiality. Recent professional guidance for accounting firms says the same. Client material you have no right to license stays out, even if it could be de-identified. Where a client's consent would be needed, that is a decision for you and the client.

The buyer receives a licence to use the data for AI training. It is not a sale, and you keep ownership. The licence agreement sets the permitted uses, the term, and whether the buyer may pass the data to anyone else. You and your counsel review it before you sign. Placeholder: Data Bridge's standard licence terms (term, sublicensing, resale, deletion).

Yes, it could. A lab usually offers its models to many customers, and that can include your competitors. Exclusivity and other restrictions are commercial terms in the licence. A non-exclusive licence lets you license the same data again. An exclusive licence does not, for as long as it runs, and it usually pays more.

Plan for the licence to become known. Some laws now require AI developers to publish a summary of the data they train on. Decide before you sign how you would explain the licence to clients and staff. Keep the records: a future acquirer will ask what was licensed, to whom, and on what terms.

Personal and client details are removed inside your own systems, before anything leaves your control. This includes names, email addresses, client identifiers and ID numbers. Placeholder: the de-identification method and how it is tested.

No method removes this risk completely, and you should doubt anyone who says otherwise. In recent public deals, the buyer agreed in the contract not to attempt it. Responsibility between you, the buyer and Data Bridge is set in the agreements. Placeholder: Data Bridge's position on re-identification clauses and liability.

Only your own staff. De-identification runs inside your systems. Data Bridge works only with the de-identified output, and we never hold a raw copy of your records. The review is still covered by an NDA.

The value of a dataset can range from $200K to $3M+. The price depends on how much data you have, how many years it covers, and how unusual it is. We estimate the value during the review, under NDA.

You are paid one lump sum. The licence agreement sets the payment date.

A few meetings and some IT access. Data Bridge handles the rest. The first meeting is a conversation, with no commitment. Placeholder: typical time from first call to payment.

We work with companies in the US and abroad, starting with India and the Gulf. Your local data-protection law applies to personal data. Examples are India's DPDP Act, the data laws of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the GDPR in Europe. These laws generally treat fully anonymised data differently from personal data. Data that can still be linked back to a person stays personal data. Your local counsel should confirm how the rules apply to you.

It depends on the buyer. Some published buyer programs ask for US-based sellers or for records in English. In the first call, we tell you plainly whether we see demand for your data. Placeholder: confirm current buyer demand for India and Gulf data.