Brokerage and forwarding
Freight brokers and agents: records AI developers may want to license
Freight brokers arrange truck transport between shippers and carriers, and freight agents can work under a broker's authority. Each load can leave a trail of quotes, awards, carrier paperwork, emails and claims. Some AI developers pay for company records that show how real work gets done, step by step.
Records a freight broker or agent may hold
Usually yours to decide on
These can still contain other parties' details: see Held for others.
- Quotes and awardsThe quotes you sent, which were won or lost, and at what rate.
- Load recordsFor each load, the carrier, the bill of lading or freight bill number and what was paid.
- Emails and claims filesDay-to-day emails with shippers and carriers, and claims with how each was settled.
Held for others
These may need the other party's consent, or may have to come out before anything is shared.
- Shipper details and pricingIn the US, brokers and motor carriers may not disclose a shipment's nature, quantity, destination, consignee or routing without consent where it could harm the shipper or reveal its business to a competitor (49 U.S.C. 14908). Shippers often require NDAs.
- Load-board, rate and carrier-vetting dataTheir providers' terms restrict reuse, and some bar using their data to train AI. Plan on leaving it out.
What a freight broker or agent should check before saying yes
Your contracts and NDAs
Shipper NDAs and customer contracts may limit what can be shared, even after names are removed.
Who can decide
Make sure you own the business, or have the authority to decide what happens to its records. Freight agents should check their agreement with the broker to see who controls the transaction records and the software.
How personal details come out
Carrier packets can include tax forms and payment details, and loads carry drivers' names and phone numbers. Ask the firm how these are removed before anything is shared. De-identification explained sets out what to ask.
The terms of any offer
Read what you would be agreeing to, and get your own legal advice before you sign. Once data is used to train a model, it can't practically be pulled back out.
How it works
Fill in a short form and we reply by email within two business days. If it looks like a fit, we introduce you to a firm that represents owners in these deals and email you its name. The firm pays us a referral fee if you sign. See all three steps.
Reported deals in logistics
Freight brokerage, 100 people
Reported US$650K
Rate quotes, shipment documents, dispatch records, delivery exceptions and claims.
Reported by a data licensing firm that pays us referral fees, October 2026. Its figures have not been independently verified. These are other companies' deals, not ours, and they don't predict what your company would be offered.
Check if your data qualifies
One short form. If it looks like a fit, we introduce you to a firm that represents owners in these deals. No cost, and nothing is shared without your OK.
Check if my data qualifies →Questions owners ask
Can load-board rates be included?
Plan on leaving them out. Load-board and rate-data providers' terms restrict reuse of their data, and some bar using it to train AI. Ask the firm we introduce you to how it treats data from outside providers.
Does removing names deal with confidentiality?
Not on its own. Removing names deals with whether a record can be linked to a person, not whether its content is confidential. Shipper details and pricing may still be covered by NDAs or, in the US, by 49 U.S.C. 14908.
Do I have to pay anything?
No. If you sign with the firm we introduce you to, it pays us a referral fee out of its own share, so it doesn't reduce what your company is paid. You never pay Insightlanes.com anything.
Sources
- 49 U.S.C. 14908: disclosure of shipment details