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Have an offer for your data? Check it before you sign.
Enter what the buyer offered and on what terms. You will see what you would keep, where the amount sits against a valuation of your records and against the buyer's own estimator, the clauses in that buyer's published terms to read first, in its own words, and the questions to send back. Nothing leaves your browser.
Who made the offer?
Set each term to what the offer says. Where it says nothing, leave the marked choice and ask the buyer.
Exclusivity
How long the licence lasts
Perpetual if the offer says perpetual, irrevocable or names no end.
What the buyer may do with it
May the buyer pass it on to others?
Look for "sublicense" or "transferable" in the licence grant.
Must you promise you have not licensed it elsewhere?
A warranty that no one else holds the same data on similar terms.
Who removes the personal data?
When you are paid
Days the buyer has to reject the data after delivery
Your company
Our range and the buyer's estimator are worked out from these.
Status
People, at the company's largest
Years of records
Where it is based
Language of the records
What the offer comes to
Now, the amount offered
With the buyer and the amount, you see where the offer sits, what you would keep and what to ask before you sign.
Telegraph Lab's published terms
The clauses Telegraph Lab publishes, in its own words, most costly first. Read on the day shown; these terms change, so check the page before you sign.
When you are paid
It says it pays businesses $100,000 to $4 million, and pays introducers 20 percent of what the business receives.
“We pay businesses $100,000–$4 million to license data for AI training, and you earn 20% of what they receive.”
Our reading: A 20 percent introducer rate shows how much room there is in its price.
telegraphlab.com, read 11 Oct 2026Other
Telegraph sets scope, price and preparation directly with the business.
“We work directly with the business on scope, price, and preparation.”
Our reading: There is no published standard licence, so every term is in the contract it drafts.
telegraphlab.com, read 12 Oct 2026
Not published: Licence term, Exclusivity, Sublicensing, Payment timing, Who de-identifies. Ask for each in writing.
Research from the buyers' public pages, last read 17 Oct 2026. It is not legal advice and not an offer: a sale needs a lawyer who has read the contract. Nothing you enter here is sent or saved.