Can I leave some records out?
Regulated, privileged or third-party records can be excluded. You review the process and a de-identified sample before you sign. No method removes every risk.
What would I pay?
Nothing at any point. When a deal closes, our licensing partner pays Pewter a fee. No deal means no fee.
Who handles each part, and who do you work for?
Pewter identifies and qualifies the opportunity, assesses your records, shares the offer and coordinates the deal. Our licensing partner makes the offer, signs the license with you and pays you. You'll know its identity before signing anything. Since the partner pays our fee, we aren't your lawyer or agent. We aren't a law firm or registered broker-dealer, and suggest that you ask your own counsel to review the agreement.
Do I give up my data?
No. You license an agreed, de-identified copy. Your original files stay yours, and your ownership is unchanged.
Could clients or employees be identified?
Before delivery, names, contact details, account numbers, credentials and payment details are removed or replaced. You may exclude regulated, privileged or third-party records. Since no method eliminates all risk, review the process and a sample before signing. Our approach to records.
Who can view my records before I sign?
Only with your consent. We may request a small sample to assess quality before an offer, and Pewter or the licensing partner may examine it. You decide what to include and may refuse. The full export takes place only once you sign.
Who uses the data, and how?
Authorized AI developers use it to train and evaluate models, as set out in your agreement. The terms you approve specify exclusivity and permitted uses. Our free owner's guide, Before You Sell Your Data, covers the terms and questions to resolve before signing.
How much time will my team need?
Expect to spend a few hours: two or three calls, plus a brief inventory of your systems. If an export is required, your IT person or provider runs it while we coordinate. No one needs to create new data or tidy anything up.
What if I don't know which data we have?
That's true for most owners. Name the tools you've used over time, such as email, shared drives or your accounting or operating system, and we'll figure out what's there on the call. Prefer to estimate it yourself first? Our free guide points out where to find the numbers in Google, Microsoft 365, Slack and a dozen more tools.
Why move now?
Labs are purchasing now. One AI data company by itself has committed $1 billion for the next twelve months. Your history holds the value: when subscriptions lapse or a firm winds down, archives are deleted and that value disappears.
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