How it works
Your approval at each step, from a brief call to a prepared copy
First you get an estimate. Minutes later a License Your Data specialist reaches out to arrange a 15-minute call.
See my estimateBefore the call
Begin with the estimate. Choose a team size, answer two short questions, then add your name, company, work email and mobile. The indicative range updates with each answer, at no cost.
Within minutes of submitting, you hear from a specialist at License Your Data, our licensing partner, who books a 15-minute call around your schedule.
Three steps follow
- 01
The 15-minute call
You tell a License Your Data specialist which tools your team uses, how many years of records exist and what should stay out. An NDA is in place before the call begins. Nobody asks you for a password or a file.
- 02
A de-identified copy is prepared
Working only within your agreed scope, License Your Data makes a copy. Placeholders take the place of people, clients and account details. You keep the originals where they are, and you check and sign off on a sample before any release.
- 03
The copy is licensed
AI labs license that approved copy to train and test models. They never see your originals, and your team carries on in its tools as usual.
Shared and never shared
Shared, once you approve
- A prepared copy covering the records in scope, with names replaced by placeholders.
- How the work happened. Requests, steps, problems and the decisions made.
- Only what you picked. The systems, folders and years you selected.
Never goes out
- Your original files. These remain in your systems.
- Passwords and logins. Never requested, never handed over.
- Names and identifiers. Placeholders take their place.
- Anything you exclude. Whether a system, folder, client or matter.
If the timing is wrong
There is no cost to you, and an estimate creates no obligation. You can stop after the range, after the call or after looking at the sample, and nothing has been shared at any of those points.
Most good fits have 20 or more full-time staff and 3 or more years in business. Smaller teams with years of history may qualify, so it is still worth checking.
Questions along the way
Email cortney.b@contourcompany.co at any point, or ask the specialist on your call anything about scope, placeholders or the sample. Pausing is always fine if something needs more thought, and you can return to it later.