What never goes in
Your work, never your people
Labs want to learn how work is done. They have no need to know whom it was done for. This is how private information is kept private.
See my numberExcluded from day one
Some items never belong in a license. Before anything is shared, these are left out or de-identified:
- Client, patient and customer personal information
- Login details, passwords and keys
- Bank, card and account numbers
- Anything you mark during scoping
De-identified where it helps
Some records are useful because of what they show about the work, even if they mention a person. In that case the details that identify someone can be stripped or replaced, keeping the work and dropping the person. The method is settled with you in scoping.
If you decide against it
Before signing, you can pull back at any time, and nothing from your systems is shared. You can also ask us to delete the details you gave in the estimate form. The privacy policy sets out how to ask.
A checklist for scoping
When it is time to set scope, owners often like to decide:
- The systems included and the ones kept out entirely
- Which dates are covered
- Which teams, mailboxes, clients or projects are excluded
- Which details get removed from the remaining records
You settle each one with us before anything is shared.
You keep your records
Your records stay in your possession when you license. They stay with you, and your team uses them daily as before. Licensing runs through our licensing partner, License Your Data.
You sign off on scope
The proposal comes to you before anything happens. Edit it, trim it or decline it, as you wish. Only the approved part is licensed, and only once you sign.
Regulated professions
At law, accounting and healthcare firms, you and your own counsel decide the scope, and no client or patient data goes in. We do not advise on whether licensing is legal for your firm.
Rules that always hold
Whatever is in scope, your originals never leave your systems. License Your Data, our licensing partner, prepares a de-identified copy, and only that copy is licensed. No one asks for your password. Placeholders replace names and identifiers, an NDA comes first, and nothing goes out until you approve a sample. None of it costs you anything.
Does the approach work for you?
Start by seeing your range. The other decisions can wait.
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