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Safe AI Use & Data Protection

How to use AI without leaking confidential information, breaching client trust, or relying on unverified output.

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What it is

The biggest AI risk in most SMEs isn't the technology — it's a well-meaning employee pasting the wrong thing into a public tool. This workshop gives staff a practical, non-legalistic framework for using AI safely: what can go where, how to verify output, and exactly what to do when something goes wrong.

What we cover

Safe, moderate-risk and high-risk use cases — a working classification
What never goes into public AI tools
Personal, confidential and commercially sensitive data
UK GDPR basics for AI users: lawful basis, minimisation, purpose limitation, transparency
DPIA triggers, in plain English
Vendor checks: training data, retention, location, enterprise controls
Verifying output: facts, sources, tone and bias
A public-tool vs approved-tool vs local-model decision tree
Escalation and incident handling when data ends up in the wrong place

What you leave with

Working documents, handed over the same week — not a slide deck.

Team AI usage rules, agreed in the room
A data classification card
An AI output verification checklist
An incident-response mini-playbook

Where it leads

This is the risk-reduction module we recommend before any deployment. Regulated firms usually follow it with the AI Governance & Policy Workshop.

Grounded in

ICO — AI and data protection guidanceGOV.UK — AI Cyber Security Code of Practice

Pairs well with

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Ready to book Safe AI Use?

Tell us your team size and sector and we'll confirm scope, date and a firm fee in writing — or take the free assessment first for a baseline.

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