The NDA's role in AI data deals
An NDA is usually signed before a seller shares a data sample or detailed description with a buyer. It limits the buyer to evaluating the sample, bans other use, and requires deletion if no deal follows.
What a sample NDA should say
- Purpose: evaluating the sample for a possible license, nothing else
- No training: the sample may not be used to train or fine-tune any model
- Access: only named people may see it
- Deletion: destroy the sample if no deal is signed, with written confirmation
- No re-identification: no attempt to identify people in the data
- Mutual terms: if the buyer shares confidential needs, both sides are protected
What an NDA does not do
An NDA does not grant rights to use data commercially. That needs a data license. It also does not make it safe to share personal information; samples should still be de-identified.