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What is a data rights review, and what does it check?
A data rights review checks whether your company can license its records. See the six-item checklist, from ownership and contracts to prior licenses.
What is a DSAR, and does it reach data you have licensed?
DSAR and licensed data explained: when an access or deletion request reaches records you licensed to an AI developer, and what the license should say.
What is a limitation of liability cap in a data license?
Limitation of liability in a data license: how the cap, carve-outs and super caps fit together, and which privacy and IP risks owners should check.
What is a no re-identification clause in a data license?
A no re-identification clause bars a licensee from identifying people in licensed records. See what strong drafting covers, from flowdown to survival terms.
What is a residuals clause, and why does it matter in data deals?
A residuals clause lets a recipient use what its people remember from your information. See illustrative wording and the edits counsel ask for.
What is a transition services agreement, and who controls the data?
A transition services agreement governs access to shared systems after a carve-out, not ownership. See who can license which records during and after a TSA.
What is a vertical market software acquirer, and why does its data matter?
What a vertical market software acquirer is, the three layers of data a VMS group holds, and which records each business can license without customer data.
What is an AI roll-up, and why do acquirers value operating records?
What is an AI roll-up? A plain definition, how it differs from a classic roll-up, and which operating records acquirers need before their AI plans can work.
What is data due diligence in M&A?
Data due diligence in M&A reviews a target's records, rights, privacy promises, vendor terms and prior licenses. Use this checklist before you sign.
What is pre-AI human data, and why are older records prized?
Pre-AI human data is work written and decided by people before AI drafting tools arrived. Learn why developers prize it and how to show your records qualify.
What is purpose limitation, and does it stop you reusing old records?
Purpose limitation explained for owners and counsel: when old records can be reused, a compatible-use checklist, and how de-identification shifts the answer.
What is telemetry data, and who owns it?
Telemetry data ownership explained for software leaders: the main types of telemetry, the contract patterns that decide control, and what you can license.
What is vertical AI, and why does it run on industry records?
What is vertical AI? A plain definition, how it differs from horizontal AI, and which industry records each vertical needs before its tools can be trusted.
What to do with old company data: delete, archive, migrate or license
What to do with old company data? Compare deleting, archiving, migrating and licensing, the triggers that point to each, and the order to decide in.
Wind-down vs dissolution vs liquidation: what's the difference?
Wind-down vs dissolution vs liquidation in plain terms: what each step means, the usual order, who controls records, and what to export before systems close.