What it is
A data sharing agreement sets out why data is being shared, what data, how it is protected and what each party may do with it. The term is common in public sector, healthcare and partnership settings, and in the UK and EU, where data protection law expects one when personal data passes between independent controllers.
How it relates to AI data deals
For commercial AI training data, the agreement is usually called a license, because it includes payment and grants rights. The privacy and security clauses of a data sharing agreement still belong in it:
- Lawful basis or legal grounds for sharing
- Description of the data and any personal information in it
- Security requirements
- Restrictions on further use and disclosure
- Handling of access, deletion and other individual rights requests
- Breach notification
- Retention and destruction
Related agreements
A data use agreement focuses on restrictions for the recipient. A data processing agreement applies when one party processes personal data on another's behalf, which is not the usual AI training arrangement.