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Plain answers for officeholders

Short articles on the questions behind every closed company's records: who owns them, what can be shared and how to decide. General information, not legal advice.

• United StatesSection 363 sales and customer data: when a consumer privacy ombudsman is neededDormant Yield · Insights · 15 November 2026
  In a US bankruptcy, a sale of personal information can trigger the appointment of a consumer privacy ombudsman. What trustees should know before licensing company records.Read →
• United KingdomRestoring a dissolved company to realise its assets: when it is worth itDormant Yield · Insights · 15 November 2026
  Administrative restoration and court restoration can bring a dissolved UK company back so its assets, including records, can be dealt with. When does it make sense?Read →
• All countriesEmployee data in an insolvency: what has to stay outDormant Yield · Insights · 15 November 2026
  Employee and HR records are the most sensitive part of company data. Why they are usually left out of any licence, and how to separate them.Read →
• AustraliaAustralia: deregistered companies, ASIC and the records left behindDormant Yield · Insights · 15 November 2026
  When an Australian company is deregistered, its property vests in ASIC. What that means for business records, and when reinstatement is worth considering.Read →
• United StatesWhat a Chapter 7 trustee should know about operational recordsDormant Yield · Insights · 15 November 2026
  A Chapter 7 trustee collects and realises estate property. Operational records can be part of it. A short guide to spotting, preserving and assessing them.Read →
• CanadaCanada: licensed insolvency trustees and company recordsDormant Yield · Insights · 15 November 2026
  In a Canadian bankruptcy, the licensed insolvency trustee holds the company's property. What that means for business records, court approval and PIPEDA.Read →
• United KingdomBona vacantia and company records: what happens when a UK company is dissolvedDormant Yield · Insights · 15 November 2026
  A dissolved UK company's property usually passes to the Crown as bona vacantia. What that means for its records, and when restoration is worth it.Read →
• United StatesAssignment for the benefit of creditors: can the assignee license company records?Dormant Yield · Insights · 15 November 2026
  In an ABC, a company assigns its assets to an assignee who realises them for creditors. Business records can be one of those assets. What assignees should check first.Read →