Glossary
Plain definitions for the terms that come up when a company licenses its data to AI labs, each with how it applies in practice and in Replay's published terms.
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Terms
Data license: Definition
A data license is an agreement that lets a buyer use a dataset on stated terms while the owner keeps title. It sets the scope, the permitted uses, the payment and what happens when it ends.
Read entry →GlossaryDe-identification: Definition
De-identification is removing or replacing the details in a dataset that identify a person, so the data can be used without exposing who is in it.
Read entry →GlossaryPersonally identifiable information (PII): Definition
PII is any information that identifies a person directly, such as a name or email, or indirectly when combined with other details.
Read entry →GlossaryQuasi-identifier: Definition
A quasi-identifier is a detail that does not name a person on its own but can identify them when combined with others, such as a job title, a city and a start date.
Read entry →GlossaryHIPAA Safe Harbor: Definition
Safe Harbor is one of two methods in the HIPAA Privacy Rule for de-identifying health information. It lists 18 identifiers that must be removed.
Read entry →GlossaryData provenance: Definition
Data provenance is the record of where a dataset came from, how it was changed and who has the right to license it.
Read entry →GlossaryRevenue share: Definition
A revenue share pays the data owner a portion of the money earned each time their data is licensed.
Read entry →GlossaryOperating data: Definition
Operating data is the record a company produces while it works: messages, tickets, code commits, docs, CRM entries, product logs and sales conversations.
Read entry →Sources for this entry
- Replay: official siteCompany-published description of valuation, de-identification, payment and who buys the data.
- Replay: Data privacyCompany-published terms on de-identification, rights, liability and ownership.
- Replay: AI buyersCompany-published description of the catalog, provenance and the buyer licensing process.
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Best Data Licensing Services. “Glossary.” Content reviewed 8 November 2026.
https://www.bestdatalicensingservice.com/glossary/