Questions sellers ask
Short answers, in the words of the agreement. Where this page and your agreement differ, the agreement wins.
Do you buy my data?
No. You keep ownership. You give us a licence to prepare your data and to license the prepared version to buyers you approve. The buyer signs one contract with us, and we pay you your share of what the buyer pays.
Will buyers know who we are?
Not unless you agree in writing. Before a deal you see a buyer profile and the price. The buyer sees de-identified samples or statistics, not your name. We never name you in public without your written approval, and every buyer contract forbids the buyer from naming you. Distinctive data can still hint at its source, so you review the inventory and can leave anything out.
Won't this help my competitors?
You decide what goes in and what stays out before we start. You can bar named competitors or whole types of buyer, choose the permitted uses, and approve every buyer. Customer names and product specifics are replaced. Leave out anything valuable only because nobody else knows it: a buyer cannot resell your data, but a model trained on it may be used by anyone, competitors included.
What if my data has personal information in it?
That is expected. It is what the clean room is for. We remove secrets and personal information, replace people with consistent stand-ins so the links between records survive, and block release if any identifier we detected is found in the output. Every delivery comes with a signed report stating the methods used, what was measured, and the residual risk.
Can I sell to more than one lab?
Yes, with a non-exclusive licence. If you prefer exclusive, it is a time-limited window you approve. Order matters: buyers who want exclusivity usually refuse data that has been licensed before, so decide early. You tell us about any past licensing, and we offer only what is still available.
How do I know the price is fair?
You see the gross price the buyer is paying and your share before you approve the deal. After every sale you get a statement showing the gross, our fee and your share. Nothing else comes off without your written approval. You can set a floor price, and your accountant can check our records once a year. We do not promise a price before we see the data.
What does it cost?
Nothing to screen and nothing up front. Our fee is a share of each sale, stated in your agreement and itemised on every statement. If nothing sells, you owe us nothing. You are paid after the buyer pays us, on the timing in your agreement.
What happens to my raw files?
They stay in our custody storage and never go to a buyer. They are processed by jobs inside the clean room, and every access is logged. Where a detected value needs a person to decide, a named reviewer sees that value in its context. Buyers evaluate samples or statistics under a no-training agreement. When the work ends we delete the data, destroy the encryption key, and send you a signed deletion certificate and the access log.
Will this affect a future fundraising or sale?
A data licence is something investors and acquirers may ask about, so we keep it simple to disclose. Every sale is on a written statement, and your agreement lets you share it with investors and acquirers under confidentiality. Non-exclusive licences keep the most options open. If a round or a sale is close, talk to your own counsel before you sign.
What about our employees' and customers' consent?
We check before anything moves. A rights checklist covers who owns the data and what your privacy notices and customer contracts said when it was collected. Removing names does not fix a consent gap, so if you cannot license something, we will not take it. You can leave staff messages or any customer's data out entirely.
More questions: info@securityresearch.us. The custody procedure is at how we hold your data.