Common questions about the steps
Is anything charged along the way?
No. You pay nothing for the estimate, the call or the copy, and asking creates no obligation.
Do I need IT on the call?
No. Whoever runs your systems can join later if you decide to go ahead.
Our team is under 20 people. Is it still worth a try?
The usual fit is 20 or more full-time staff and at least 3 years in business. Smaller teams with years of history may still qualify, so submit and ask.
Can I pause partway?
Yes. Nothing goes out until you approve the sample.
Before anything: the estimate
The estimate page asks four things first: your headcount, years in business, business type and how to reach you. A range appears beside the questions and moves as you answer. Indicative estimate based on your answers. Not an offer or guarantee.
Once you submit, a specialist from License Your Data, our licensing partner, phones you within minutes to book a 15-minute call at a time that suits you.
Step one: the 15-minute call
A brief conversation about your business. Which tools your team has worked in, how many years of history they hold, and what you already know must stay out. You sign nothing and send nothing, and an NDA covers everything from here.
Step two: a de-identified copy
License Your Data makes a copy of the records you agreed to. Your originals stay in your systems, and no one asks you for a password. Placeholders take the place of names and identifiers, and anything you excluded, whether a system, folder, client or matter, is left out. Before anything goes out, you check a sample and sign off on it.
Step three: buyers license the copy
The de-identified copy is licensed by AI labs for training and testing models. It contains only what you approved. Day to day, your business runs exactly as before.
Shared
What goes out, as a copy
- Records from the systems and years you picked.
- The flow of the work: requests, revisions, handoffs, fixes.
- Placeholders where every name and identifier used to be.
Never goes out
- Your original files and systems.
- Passwords, logins or any access to your tools.
- Actual names, contact information and account numbers.
- Whatever system, folder, client or matter you rule out.