# Law firm software data terms

> 2 of 6 law firm software vendors whose terms we read reserve the right to use their customers' data in aggregated or anonymised form, read 8 October 2026.

Sell Law Firm Data to AI · https://selllawfirmdatatoai.com/datasets/lawfirm-software-data-terms/ · computed 2026-10-08

**Vendors whose terms reserve aggregated or anonymised use:** 2 of 6 vendors (6 documents read; 35 named).

## The answers, question by question

- **Who owns the business's data:** the business 5, not stated 1
- **Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:** not stated 4, reserved 2
- **Training AI on the business's data:** not stated 6
- **Export at exit:** a number of days 3, not stated 1, on request 1, no export promised 1

## Every vendor

| Vendor | Who owns the business's data | Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use | Training AI on the business's data | Export at exit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actionstep | the business | not stated | not stated | 20 days |
| Filevine | the business | reserved | not stated | not stated |
| Hoowla | the business | not stated | not stated | on request |
| Karbon | the business | not stated | not stated | no export promised |
| PracticePanther | not stated | reserved | not stated | 90 days |
| Smokeball | the business | not stated | not stated | 30 days |

## The sentence each answer rests on (24)

- Actionstep, [Actionstep Terms](https://actionstep.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Who owns the business's data: "Title to, and all Intellectual Property Rights in, the Data remain Your property."
- Actionstep, [Actionstep Terms](https://actionstep.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: Nothing on this document answers it (45,726 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Actionstep, [Actionstep Terms](https://actionstep.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Training AI on the business's data: Nothing on this document answers it (45,726 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Actionstep, [Actionstep Terms](https://actionstep.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Export at exit: "You are entitled to receive a backup of your Data provided the request is made within 20 days following termination of this agreement"
- Filevine, [Filevine Subscription Agreement](https://filevine.com/subscription-agreement/), read 2026-10-08, Who owns the business's data: "As between the Parties, Subscriber owns all right, title, and interest in Subscriber’s Data, including Output generated from that Data."
- Filevine, [Filevine Subscription Agreement](https://filevine.com/subscription-agreement/), read 2026-10-08, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "Filevine may use Subscriber’s Data in de-identified, aggregated form (“Anonymized Data”) to improve and enhance the Services and for other development, diagnostic, and corrective purposes"
- Filevine, [Filevine Subscription Agreement](https://filevine.com/subscription-agreement/), read 2026-10-08, Training AI on the business's data: Nothing on this document answers it (32,698 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Filevine, [Filevine Subscription Agreement](https://filevine.com/subscription-agreement/), read 2026-10-08, Export at exit: Nothing on this document answers it (32,698 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Hoowla, [Hoowla Terms and Conditions](https://www.hoowla.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Who owns the business's data: "The Customer shall own all right, title and interest in and to all of the Customer Data"
- Hoowla, [Hoowla Terms and Conditions](https://www.hoowla.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: Nothing on this document answers it (34,632 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Hoowla, [Hoowla Terms and Conditions](https://www.hoowla.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Training AI on the business's data: Nothing on this document answers it (34,632 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Hoowla, [Hoowla Terms and Conditions](https://www.hoowla.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Export at exit: "the Supplier shall use reasonable commercial endeavours to deliver the back-up to the Customer within thirty (30) days of its receipt of such a written request"
- Karbon, [Karbon Terms of Use](https://www.karbonhq.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Who owns the business's data: "Karbon does not claim ownership of Your Content."
- Karbon, [Karbon Terms of Use](https://www.karbonhq.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: Nothing on this document answers it (67,568 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Karbon, [Karbon Terms of Use](https://www.karbonhq.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Training AI on the business's data: Nothing on this document answers it (67,568 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Karbon, [Karbon Terms of Use](https://www.karbonhq.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Export at exit: "You understand that any termination of Services may involve deletion of Your Content associated therewith from our live databases."
- PracticePanther, [PracticePanther Terms of Service](https://www.practicepanther.com/terms/), read 2026-10-08, Who owns the business's data: Nothing on this document answers it (27,891 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- PracticePanther, [PracticePanther Terms of Service](https://www.practicepanther.com/terms/), read 2026-10-08, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "Such rights shall include permission for Panther Software to generate and publish aggregate, anonymized reports on system usage and trends"
- PracticePanther, [PracticePanther Terms of Service](https://www.practicepanther.com/terms/), read 2026-10-08, Training AI on the business's data: Nothing on this document answers it (27,891 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- PracticePanther, [PracticePanther Terms of Service](https://www.practicepanther.com/terms/), read 2026-10-08, Export at exit: "Panther Software will make available to you a file of the User & Client Data if you so request in writing within ninety (90) days of termination."
- Smokeball, [Smokeball Terms of Service (US)](https://www.smokeball.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Who owns the business's data: "You retain all rights of ownership of all data You upload, import, or generate into or as part of Your Subscription."
- Smokeball, [Smokeball Terms of Service (US)](https://www.smokeball.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: Nothing on this document answers it (53,863 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Smokeball, [Smokeball Terms of Service (US)](https://www.smokeball.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Training AI on the business's data: Nothing on this document answers it (53,863 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).
- Smokeball, [Smokeball Terms of Service (US)](https://www.smokeball.com/terms), read 2026-10-08, Export at exit: "Smokeball shall grant You access to the Smokeball Subscription for thirty (30) days after the expiration or termination of Your Subscription Term for the sole purpose of permitting You to retrieve Your data."

## Read and set aside

- [AI Features in Clio Manage – Home](https://help.clio.com/hc/en-us/articles/41990965598491-AI-Features-in-Clio-Manage): a help-centre article, not terms
- [MyCase MCP \| 8am MyCase Help Center](https://supportcenter.mycase.com/en/articles/16237229-mycase-mcp): a help-centre article, not terms
- [Terms of Service \| Clio](https://www.clio.com/tos/): the box has not read this page
- [Terms of Service \| Clio UK](https://clio.com/uk/tos/): the box has not read this page
- [a.storyblok.com](https://a.storyblok.com/f/126141/x/04113e8bd3/leap-global-terms-general-terms.pdf): the PDF read holds no text (0 characters)
- [Filevine AI Acceptable Use Policy \| Filevine](https://www.filevine.com/legal/filevine-ai-acceptable-use-policy/): Filevine's acceptable use policy for its AI features, which governs conduct and not the customer's data; Filevine's Subscription Agreement is read on this board
- [General Terms And Conditions \| IRIS](https://www.iris.co.uk/legal/): an index of IRIS's legal documents, with no terms of its own
- [What will happen to my information if I stop paying or cancel my account? \| PracticePanther Help Center](https://support.practicepanther.com/en/articles/479941-what-will-happen-to-my-information-if-i-stop-paying-or-cancel-my-account): a help-centre article, not terms
- [a.storyblok.com](https://a.storyblok.com/f/126141/x/ca10fe3dc7/data-processing-agreement-uk-and-ie.pdf): the PDF read holds no text (0 characters)
- [Privacy Policy \| Clio](https://www.clio.com/privacy/): the box has not read this page
- [Privacy Policy \| CosmoLex](https://www.cosmolex.com/privacy-policy): a privacy policy on personal information, not the customer terms; it says nothing on the firm's own data
- [Privacy Policy - Rocket Matter](https://www.rocketmatter.com/privacy-policy): a privacy policy on personal information, not the customer terms; it says nothing on the firm's own data
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.lawmatics.com/privacy-policy): a privacy policy on personal information, not the customer terms; it says nothing on the firm's own data
- [Privacy Policy \| Karbon](https://www.karbonhq.com/privacy-policy): a privacy policy on personal information, not the customer terms; it says nothing on the firm's own data
- [Privacy Notice \| iManage](https://imanage.com/privacy-policy): a privacy policy on personal information, not the customer terms; it says nothing on the firm's own data
- [NetDocuments Privacy Notice](https://www.netdocuments.com/privacy-policy): a privacy policy on personal information, not the customer terms; it says nothing on the firm's own data
- [Legal Compliance Tools for Law Firms \| CosmoLex](https://www.cosmolex.com/legal): a product or legal index page with no customer terms of its own
- [Legal information about our products and services \| Harvey](https://www.harvey.ai/legal): a product or legal index page with no customer terms of its own
- [Legal Accounting Software for UK Law Firms \| Hoowla](https://www.hoowla.com/legal): a product or legal index page with no customer terms of its own
- [Legal \| NetDocuments](https://www.netdocuments.com/legal): a product or legal index page with no customer terms of its own
- [Practical Guidance and Legal Research \| LexisNexis](https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal): a product or legal index page with no customer terms of its own
- [Legal \| Thomson Reuters](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/legal): a product or legal index page with no customer terms of its own
- [the universe, rule 1](https://legaltechnologyhub.com/vendors/actionstep): the box has not read this page
- [Clio help, AI features in Clio Manage](https://help.clio.com/hc/en-au/articles/41990965598491-AI-Features-in-Clio-Manage): a help-centre article on Clio's AI features, not terms
- [LEAP UK, data security](https://www.leaplegalsoftware.com/uk/data-security/): LEAP UK's data security page, not terms
- [LEAP, security](https://www.leaplegalsoftware.com/security/): LEAP's security page, not terms

## Methodology

Each vendor's own published terms were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row). For every document, four questions were answered from the vendor's own words: who owns the business's data, vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use, training AI on the business's data, export at exit. Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the document read does not address the question. A vendor with several documents reads 'varies' where they disagree. 6 vendors, 6 documents.

## Sources

- [AI Features in Clio Manage – Home](https://help.clio.com/hc/en-us/articles/41990965598491-AI-Features-in-Clio-Manage) (not-terms)
- [MyCase MCP \| 8am MyCase Help Center](https://supportcenter.mycase.com/en/articles/16237229-mycase-mcp) (not-terms)
- [Terms of Service \| Clio](https://www.clio.com/tos/) (not-terms)
- [Terms of Service \| Clio UK](https://clio.com/uk/tos/) (not-terms)
- [Terms of Service \| PracticePanther](https://www.practicepanther.com/terms/) (read)
- [a.storyblok.com](https://a.storyblok.com/f/126141/x/04113e8bd3/leap-global-terms-general-terms.pdf) (not-terms)
- [Terms \| Actionstep](https://actionstep.com/terms) (read)
- [Filevine Subscription Agreement \| Filevine](https://filevine.com/subscription-agreement/) (read)
- [Filevine AI Acceptable Use Policy \| Filevine](https://www.filevine.com/legal/filevine-ai-acceptable-use-policy/) (not-terms)
- [Terms of Service \| Smokeball UK](https://www.smokeball.co.uk/terms) (unread)
- [Terms of Service \| Smokeball](https://www.smokeball.com/terms) (read)
- [General Terms And Conditions \| IRIS](https://www.iris.co.uk/legal/) (not-terms)
- [What will happen to my information if I stop paying or cancel my account? \| PracticePanther Help Center](https://support.practicepanther.com/en/articles/479941-what-will-happen-to-my-information-if-i-stop-paying-or-cancel-my-account) (not-terms)
- [a.storyblok.com](https://a.storyblok.com/f/126141/x/ca10fe3dc7/data-processing-agreement-uk-and-ie.pdf) (not-terms)
- [Privacy Policy \| Clio](https://www.clio.com/privacy/) (not-terms)
- [Terms & Conditions](https://www.hoowla.com/terms) (read)
- [Terms Of Use \| Karbon \| Karbon](https://www.karbonhq.com/terms) (read)
- [Terms and Conditions \| LexisNexis UK](https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/terms) (unread)
- [Privacy Policy \| CosmoLex](https://www.cosmolex.com/privacy-policy) (not-terms)
- [Privacy Policy - Rocket Matter](https://www.rocketmatter.com/privacy-policy) (not-terms)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.lawmatics.com/privacy-policy) (not-terms)
- [Privacy Policy \| Karbon](https://www.karbonhq.com/privacy-policy) (not-terms)
- [Privacy Notice \| iManage](https://imanage.com/privacy-policy) (not-terms)
- [NetDocuments Privacy Notice](https://www.netdocuments.com/privacy-policy) (not-terms)
- [Legal Compliance Tools for Law Firms \| CosmoLex](https://www.cosmolex.com/legal) (not-terms)
- [Legal information about our products and services \| Harvey](https://www.harvey.ai/legal) (not-terms)
- [Legal Accounting Software for UK Law Firms \| Hoowla](https://www.hoowla.com/legal) (not-terms)
- [Legal \| NetDocuments](https://www.netdocuments.com/legal) (not-terms)
- [Practical Guidance and Legal Research \| LexisNexis](https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal) (not-terms)
- [Legal \| Thomson Reuters](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/legal) (not-terms)
- [the universe, rule 1](https://legaltechnologyhub.com/vendors/actionstep) (not-terms)
- [Clio, security](https://www.clio.com/security) (unread)
- [Clio help, AI features in Clio Manage](https://help.clio.com/hc/en-au/articles/41990965598491-AI-Features-in-Clio-Manage) (not-terms)
- [LEAP UK, data security](https://www.leaplegalsoftware.com/uk/data-security/) (not-terms)
- [LEAP, security](https://www.leaplegalsoftware.com/security/) (not-terms)

## Cite or embed

- 2 of 6 law firm software vendors whose terms we read reserve the right to use their customers' data in aggregated or anonymised form, read 8 October 2026.
- Who owns the business's data, by vendor: the business 5 of 6, not stated 1 of 6 (law firm software terms, read 8 October 2026).
- Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use, by vendor: not stated 4 of 6, reserved 2 of 6 (law firm software terms, read 8 October 2026).
- Training AI on the business's data, by vendor: not stated 6 of 6 (law firm software terms, read 8 October 2026).
- Export at exit, by vendor: a number of days 3 of 6, no export promised 1 of 6, not stated 1 of 6, on request 1 of 6 (law firm software terms, read 8 October 2026).

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