Data Privacy With AI: What Not to Paste Into AI Tools
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The easiest AI privacy mistake is pasting sensitive information into a tool without understanding how that tool stores, processes, or uses the data. A safe AI workflow starts before the prompt is submitted.
Do Not Paste These Into Unapproved Tools
- Passwords, API keys, private tokens, or credentials.
- Customer records, employee records, or private contact lists.
- Contracts, legal documents, or confidential deal terms.
- Financial records, bank details, tax records, or payment information.
- Medical, health, insurance, or regulated personal information.
- Internal strategy, source code, private roadmaps, or trade secrets.
Use Safer Alternatives
Remove identifiers, summarize the problem, use dummy examples, or use approved enterprise tools with the right controls. When in doubt, ask whether the information would create harm if exposed.
AI can be useful without seeing everything. Share only what the task truly requires.
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