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Operating companiesmicro1 Enterprise criteria for firms with 30+ staffSME guidemicro1's 30+ staff minimum and multi-office firmsWinding-down companiesCheck rights and records before accounts closeClosed companiesSign up with micro1 through our direct linkExamplesSix fictional firms and their likely path
Eligibility by industryPartner minimums applied to all 50 industries

Legal

Law firms (general practice)Personal injury law firmsFamily law firmsEstate planning / probate lawBusiness / corporate lawImmigration law firms

Finance & accounting

Accounting / CPA firmsBookkeeping firmsTax preparation firmsPayroll service companiesFinancial advisory / wealth managementInsurance agenciesMortgage brokersCredit unions / community banks

Health & care

Dental groups (multi-location)Medical practices / clinicsPhysical therapy clinicsChiropractic groupsOptometry practicesVeterinary clinicsHome health / home care agenciesBehavioural health / counselling groupsHospitals / surgery centresSenior living / assisted living

Built environment

Engineering firmsArchitecture firmsConstruction general contractorsProperty management companiesCommercial real estate brokeragesTitle and escrow companiesHVAC / plumbing / electrical contractorsRoofing companies

Technology & services

Staffing / recruiting agenciesIT managed service providers (MSPs)Software / SaaS companiesMarketing / advertising agenciesConsulting firmsCall centres / BPO companies

Operations & industry

Logistics / freight brokersManufacturing companiesDistribution / wholesaleAuto dealershipsEnvironmental / testing labsSecurity companies

Community & hospitality

Private schools / training companiesNonprofits (larger)Hotels / hospitality groupsRestaurant groups (multi-unit)

Other organisations

SMEs with 30+ staff and English records
Browse all 50 industries
Refer a companyNewIntroduce companies to Mode or micro1, or join Mode's referrer programmeReferral links and sharingmicro1 first, with Mode warm introductions secondReferral tracking and privacyOptional anonymous totals, not company application status

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Data licensing glossaryPlain-English meanings and sources for 60 termsCountry legal guidesTen listed markets: rights, privacy and legal sourcesData valuationPricing factors and real-world AI deals, not a calculated valueCompany data licensing trackerDated public reports and their original sourcesData licensing pricing guidePartner ranges, payment, exclusivity and country requirementsWhat is company data licensing?A plain guide built from the partners' published factsLicensing vs brokeragePermission to use records, arranging a deal and independent referralsWhich records can qualifyChats, documents, tickets and sensitive employee dataHow partners set termsThe buyer decides; published ranges are not offersCanada and AustraliaMode's minimums and privacy rules, and where micro1 fitsLicensing data to AI companiesMarket evidence, both programmes and the public track recordMarket evidenceWhat AI developers already payData protectionDe-identification in the partners' own terms

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Company records licensing: legal sources

General information, not legal advice; take your own advice.

Source references are retained from the guides, not newly verified legal advice. Check the current text, amendments, commencement and applicability with your own adviser. Some official hosts restrict automated access. Citation styles and pinpoint requirements vary; refer to the linked provision itself.

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United States

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United States licensing guide

1. Which parts of company records can copyright cover?

2. What rights matter, and who owns them?

3. Does fair use replace permission?

4. Copyright is not the only restriction

5. Personal information needs a separate federal, state and sector review

6. Put the rights, scope and authority in the agreement

United Kingdom

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United Kingdom licensing guide

1. Copyright can cover more than polished publications

2. Check the restricted acts and the first owner

3. Database right is a separate question

4. The text-and-data-analysis exception is narrow

5. Personal data requires its own lawful analysis

6. Check an overseas buyer or processor before transfer

7. Review the licence and the authority to grant it

Canada

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Canada licensing guide

1. Start with the rights in each work

2. Trace authorship, employment and written grants

3. Fair dealing needs more than a research label

4. Check whether PIPEDA applies, and where

5. Purposes, consent, retention and safeguards all matter

6. Add provincial law and third-party processing to the review

7. Define the licence and confirm authority

Australia

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Australia licensing guide

1. Identify the works and the acts comprised in copyright

2. Check authorship, employment and written assignments

3. Fair dealing is not a blanket commercial-training licence

4. Check Privacy Act coverage before applying an exception

5. Apply the APPs to collection and the new disclosure purpose

6. Overseas recipients and security need express treatment

7. Match the agreement to the rights and the officeholder's authority

India

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India licensing guide

1. Copyright, ownership and the proposed licence

2. Personal data and phased commencement

3. International processing and sensitive records

4. Confidentiality, officeholders and the written agreement

Singapore

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Singapore licensing guide

1. Copyright and computational data analysis

2. PDPA consent, purpose and disclosure

3. Overseas recipients and employee records

4. Confidentiality, officeholders and the written agreement

Ireland

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Ireland licensing guide

1. Copyright, original databases and ownership

2. EU GDPR and Irish data protection law

3. Database extraction and overseas transfers

4. Confidentiality, officeholders and the written agreement

Netherlands

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Netherlands licensing guide

1. Auteurswet and company authority

2. Database rights and reuse

3. AVG, national implementation and transfers

4. Confidentiality, officeholders and the written agreement

Germany

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Germany licensing guide

1. Urheberrecht and rights of use

2. Databases and text-and-data mining

3. GDPR, BDSG and workforce information

4. Confidentiality, officeholders and the written agreement

France

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France licensing guide

1. Author rights and the scope of a licence

2. Database producers and mining exceptions

3. RGPD, French privacy law and transfers

4. Confidentiality, officeholders and the written agreement