DataPacts is funded by company data enquiries, an introducer form and a newsletter, and it takes no cut of any data sale. It has joined no buyer referral program as of November 9, 2026, and no page carries a referral link.
This page is the single record of how the reference on AI training data licensing is paid for, which disclosure rules it follows and what it never does. Any future referral link gets a one-line note that points back here.
The legal texts and the buyer terms cited below are dated and tied to their sources, as explained in how we source, date and check every figure.
Revenue sources as of November 9, 2026
As of November 9, 2026, DataPacts has three revenue sources in place or planned, and buyer referral programs are a possible fourth that it has not joined. Company data enquiries are live. The introducer form for advisers, liquidators and investors and the newsletter with deal tracker updates are planned and not yet published. None of the three involves a cut of a data sale, and none sells placement to a buyer.
The table compares the four sources by status as of 2026-11-09 and by what each never involves.
| Source | Status as of 2026-11-09 | What it never involves | Source record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company data enquiries (request for an independent introduction to suitable buyers) | live | a cut of any sale; any buyer's own form; a promised price, buyer or outcome | DataPacts site record |
| Introducer form for advisers, liquidators and investors | planned, not yet published | a cut of any sale | DataPacts site record |
| Newsletter with deal tracker updates | planned, not yet published | paid placement of any buyer or deal | DataPacts site record |
| Buyer referral programs | none joined; no codes or tracking links | ordering or inclusion by fee | DataPacts site record |
A company data enquiry is a request for an independent introduction to suitable buyers. DataPacts takes no cut of any sale that may follow an introduction. Not selling is a valid outcome of an enquiry. The enquiry is not a buyer's form, and it promises no price, buyer, response time or outcome.
What DataPacts never does
DataPacts never takes part in a data sale and never lets money decide what a page says. The following seven commitments apply to every page of the site:
- It never brokers a sale, and it never negotiates, signs or closes a deal for either side. DataPacts is a reference, not a broker, and it holds no brokerage of its own.
- It never takes a cut of a sale.
- It never includes, orders or describes a buyer by fees. Inclusion, order and tone depend on the evidence and on a stated neutral criterion.
- It never calls a buyer a partner, recommended, verified, trusted, top or preferred.
- It never promises a price, a buyer, a response time or an outcome. The enquiry page makes none of these promises either.
- It never carries a referral link without the one-line note described below.
- It never sells a listing or a placement. No buyer, adviser or vendor can pay to appear, to rank higher or to be described more favorably.
Referral programs: none joined, no tracking links
DataPacts has joined no buyer referral program, and no page carries a referral code or tracking link as of November 9, 2026. Programs can be named and described on the site without a link, and the pages that do so carry no code that would credit DataPacts. A buyer that runs such a program is described by its published terms, with the check date beside every figure.
Buyers' own referral terms impose disclosure as well. micro1 states in its Referral Program Terms, last updated 2026-10-14 and checked 2026-11-09, that referrers must disclose the relationship and the compensation under the FTC Endorsement Guides (s.5.4). This page does not repeat any fee amount; the amounts belong to the buyer profile and the terms comparison.
If DataPacts joins a program, this page names it first, before any referral link appears anywhere. The program descriptions themselves sit in the overview of company data partnership programs, which orders them by a stated neutral criterion and never by fee.
The one-line note on any page with a referral link
Any page that ever carries a referral link will carry a one-line note next to it that links to this page. The note sits in the same block as the link and comes before it, so a reader sees the relationship first, and it does not depend on scrolling or on a click. The planned wording is shown below as text only, because no page carries it today and no referral link exists on November 9, 2026:
On a live note, the last word links to this page. The wording is confirmed when the first program is joined. The note states the relationship only; it does not change the order, the inclusion or the description of the buyer it sits beside.
The disclosure rules DataPacts follows
DataPacts follows the US FTC Endorsement Guides, the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and the UK consumer-protection rules in the DMCC Act 2024. The table lists the provisions as of 2026-11-09, each cited to its official text.
| Jurisdiction | Instrument and citation | Provision | What it requires | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | FTC Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, 16 CFR Part 255 | 255.5(a) | A material connection between endorser and seller, including payment, that might materially affect credibility and is not reasonably expected must be disclosed clearly and conspicuously | in force (eCFR text 2026-11-05) | ecfr.gov |
| United States | same | 255.1(d) | Advertisers are liable for misleading or unsubstantiated statements made through endorsements and for failing to disclose material connections | in force (eCFR text 2026-11-05) | ecfr.gov |
| European Union | Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Directive 2005/29/EC as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/2161 (CELEX 02005L0029-20220528) | Art. 2(m) and the rules on paid ranking and paid editorial content | Paid editorial content and paid ranking must be disclosed and the main ranking parameters given; "ranking" means the relative prominence given to products as presented, organised or communicated by the trader; applies to business-to-consumer practices | in force | eur-lex.europa.eu |
| United Kingdom | Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, 2024 c. 13, Schedule 20 | para. 25 | Falsely claiming or creating the false impression that the trader is not acting for purposes relating to its business is banned | in force from 2025-04-06 (S.I. 2025/272) | legislation.gov.uk |
Here the rules translate into one practice: the main ranking parameter is stated on every list, either alphabetical order or a named neutral criterion, and fees are never a parameter. A reader can see this in every buyer and program, compared without fees, where each directory states its order. Any future paid relationship would be marked next to the item it touches, in the same block, so that a reader never has to search for it. The same applies to paid editorial content: none exists on the site, and none is planned.
The UK provision in the table concerns a trader that pretends not to act for business purposes, and DataPacts states openly that it is a business with the revenue sources above. The UK rules beyond Schedule 20 paragraph 25 are not summarized here. This page describes DataPacts' own practice and is not legal advice for other publishers.
Related trust pages and the adviser side
The editorial policy, the method and the About page describe the same independence from other angles.
- The editorial policy covers inclusion and order.
- How we source, date and check every figure covers the method.
- About DataPacts describes the reference and its scope.
Advisers who pass on introductions have duties of their own, covered under referral fees for advisers once that page is published.