# Data rights checker

URL: https://aidataforsale.com/tools/data-rights-checker
Publisher: AI Data For Sale (Marketing Signals Ltd)
Updated: 2026-11-10

Answer a few questions to see which rights, privacy and contract issues you need to resolve before licensing your data to an AI company. Free and private.

Ten questions that decide whether data can be licensed for AI training, and what to fix first. Not legal advice.

## In short

- Who created the data, what your privacy notices said, and what contracts allow decide whether you can license it.
- Sector laws such as HIPAA, GLBA, FERPA and Illinois BIPA add specific limits.
- Most issues can be resolved by excluding data, de-identifying it or getting consent.

Interactive tool, free with an email address: https://aidataforsale.com/tools/data-rights-checker

## What the checker looks at

1. **Ownership.** Content your staff created in their jobs is usually yours. Content customers, users or contractors created may not be.
2. **Privacy notices.** What you told people when you collected their data.
3. **Contracts.** Customer agreements, NDAs and platform terms can prohibit sharing.
4. **Sector laws.** Health, financial, education and biometric data have their own rules.
5. **Personal information.** Whether it can be removed before transfer.

## After the checker

Resolve red items before talking to buyers. Amber items usually need exclusions or de-identification. Then describe the data with the [data manifest template](https://aidataforsale.com/templates/data-manifest-template).

Read [is selling company data legal?](https://aidataforsale.com/learn/is-selling-company-data-legal) and [state privacy laws](https://aidataforsale.com/ai-data-law/state-privacy-laws).

## Read next

- [Is selling company data legal?](https://aidataforsale.com/learn/is-selling-company-data-legal)
- [State privacy laws](https://aidataforsale.com/ai-data-law/state-privacy-laws)
- [Data value estimator](https://aidataforsale.com/tools/data-value-estimator)

## Questions

### Is the result legal advice?

No. It flags issues to discuss with a lawyer and with us. Every data set needs its own review.

## Sources

- [California Attorney General: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)](https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa)
- [US HHS: Guidance on de-identification of protected health information under HIPAA](https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/de-identification)
- [Illinois General Assembly: Biometric Information Privacy Act (740 ILCS 14)](https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=3004)
- [Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz: Selling company data for AI training, what to know before you say yes](https://technologylaw.fkks.com/post/102o455/selling-company-data-for-ai-training-what-to-know-before-you-say-yes)