Standard contract term - what does it mean?

[interestedparty]

It may not be logical to think that contractors would know the answer to this, although we probably all work with customers, and personal data at times. It's just curiosity (that killed the cat). I'll close this topic now, and thanks for all the responses, even the supercilious ones ;-)...

[interestedparty]

Our clients pay us for our software (developed in house) which will be used to store and process their customer data, so will constitute "customer" data such as monetary value, frequency of their custom, etc., but also their personal details (name, address, mobile, email). I'm not remotely...

[interestedparty]

Hi, as the person who asked the original question I will try to clarify:

Our contact was written many years ago, long before my time, and we probably paid a solicitor to provide what looks like a 'model' or 'standard' contract template which we then tweaked to fit our particular business....

[interestedparty]

It's a standard contract term that is in all of our client contracts and they have questioned it. We've used it for years and I don't know who originally drafted it. I've Googled it and it seems to be in most companies' standard contracts?...

[interestedparty]

It's a standard contract term that is in all of contracts to clients and they have questioned it. I've googled it and it seems to be in most companies' standard contracts?...

[interestedparty]

What does this standard contract term mean?

You shall own all right, title and interest in and to all of the Customer Data that is not Personal Data and shall have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of all such Customer Data.

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