(18)Currently, market data agreements foresee audits which are cumbersome for market data clients because of their frequency, length, and required burden of proof on the market data client. Therefore, to ensure market data agreements are fair and unbiased, where the market data agreement provides that audits may be requested by the market data provider, the terms of the market data agreement should require that the audit be based on specific and credible indications of a potential infringement that occurred no more than five years prior to the date the audit is notified. Additionally, to mitigate the risks of partiality and enhance fairness, market data providers conducting an audit should only be able to require information that is necessary to collect evidence in respect of the alleged infringement.