Episode 12 · September 30, 2026 · 15 min

What Not to Put in AI at Work: A Beginner's Data Safety Guide

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What should someone never paste into AI? Which account should a team use for business information? How do the same rules apply when you work with virtual assistants, freelancers, agencies, or contractors?

I explain shadow AI, the difference between privacy, security, and safety, and five practical rules for protecting customer, employee, contractor, and business information.

In this episode:

  • What shadow AI means and why leaders need to discuss it with the whole team
  • How to decide whose information you have permission to use
  • Why personal, free, and organization-managed AI accounts aren’t interchangeable
  • A practical prompt for reviewing new terms, conditions, and privacy-policy updates
  • How data minimization applies to AI tools, virtual assistants, and contractors
  • Why reading, drafting, sending, publishing, buying, and deleting require different levels of permission
  • How to make an AI system stop when important information is missing

This episode draws from Chapter Six, “Set the Rules,” in my book, *Context Training*.

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