Module 13 · Level II · Practitioner

Data, privacy and your workplace

What not to paste, how UK GDPR applies, training settings in each tool, and working inside your organisation's AI policy.

6 lessons · about 1 hour

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What’s inside

  1. 01
    What not to paste

    The kinds of information that shouldn't go into an AI tool without the right account and permission, and how to get the help you need without them. · 9 min

  2. 02
    How UK GDPR applies when you use AI at work

    The data protection principles that matter when AI touches personal data at work, what has recently changed, and where to check the current rules. · 11 min

  3. 03
    Training settings, tool by tool

    Whether your chats are used to train models, how that differs between tools and account types, and what a training setting does and doesn't protect. · 10 min

  4. 04
    Work accounts vs personal accounts

    Why the same AI tool can be safe for work on one account and a risk on another, and what a business account actually gives your organisation. · 9 min

  5. 05
    Shadow AI

    Why so many people use AI at work without telling anyone, what that costs, and how to bring your own use into the open. · 9 min

  6. 06
    Working inside your organisation's AI policy

    How to read and follow an AI policy in practice, and what to do if your organisation doesn't have one yet. · 10 min

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