Privacy, confidentiality and de-identification basics
Owners usually ask two things first: will anyone see our files on this website, and what happens to names, clients and confidential material if a license ever goes forward. This guide answers both in plain English. It isn’t legal advice, and it doesn’t invent contract terms.
What this website never collects
BidMyData doesn’t ask for raw files, passwords, client examples or exports. There’s no upload here, and we never ask for system access. The fit check starts from a description of the company and its records.
If you continue to the fit check on historypays.com, you leave this site. That’s a third-party page, run by the provider, not by BidMyData, and its own privacy practices apply to anything you enter there. BidMyData doesn’t sell or share subscriber or visitor contact information with any provider or anyone else. The full note is on the privacy page.
The agreement sets the terms
What may be included, how it may be used, how long a copy is kept and how personal details are handled belong in an agreement you review before anything moves. This site doesn’t invent those clauses. If you sign, only what the agreement covers is prepared and transferred, the way the agreement specifies.
How long a supplied copy is kept belongs in that agreement. Deleting a copy doesn’t reverse training already completed.
Names, contact details and “de-identification”
Names, email addresses, phone numbers and account numbers are part of what a careful scope tries to keep out of a training copy, by removal or replacement, as the agreement requires. That’s contractual and operational, not zero-risk.
A simple way to picture it: a support ticket still shows that a duplicate invoice was voided and a corrected one was sent. The customer’s name, email and street address don’t need to travel with that lesson. How it’s done is set by the agreement, not by this page.
Removing a name doesn’t by itself end attorney-client privilege or a duty of confidentiality. Law firms and other professional practices should treat privilege and confidentiality as their own review, with their own counsel.
Confidentiality isn’t the same as a public release
This is meant to be a private arrangement, not a public posting of your files. Client agreements, matter files and other confidential material can still stay out entirely. Scope is a choice: systems, date ranges, record types and whole categories can be left out, including pricing or trade secrets.
What stays out unless a review and the agreement say otherwise
- Privileged material and client matter files
- Health information and biometric data
- Payment card and bank account numbers
- Passwords, API keys and other credentials
- Data about minors
- Export-controlled or classified information
- Another party’s data, or licensed third-party content you don’t have the rights to share
- Sensitive personnel, safety or critical infrastructure details
Health information is always left out of the picture this site describes. So are passwords. So is another party’s data.
Law firms and other professional practices
Law firms of all practice areas may qualify, subject to the provider’s requirements and a privilege review. A firm isn’t automatically in. Client files, privileged communications and work product carry duties to your clients. Ethics rules vary by jurisdiction. Please check with your own ethics counsel; we don’t give legal advice.
The same idea applies in accounting and healthcare administration: professional confidentiality and, where they apply, client or patient duties come first. The law firms, accounting and healthcare pages spell out the extra care those fields need.
What it could be worth, and what that doesn’t change
Value questions don’t change the privacy rules. Your company’s data could be worth $100,000 to $5 million. As cited by Mode. Potential range cited in Mode marketing materials. Not a valuation, estimate or guarantee for any company. Many companies may not qualify or may receive less. Any offer depends on partner review and a written agreement.
Next step
Read How it works if you want the five steps, or run the readiness check. When you’re ready, open the fit check. No files are collected on this site, and we never ask for passwords.