Answers to common questions
Short and honest: what applies when you use AI with confidential data, what is risky, and what helps.
Accidentally pasted client data into ChatGPT: what to do now
What happens to data pasted into ChatGPT, the four steps to take right now, and when GDPR treats it as a reportable breach.
Can lawyers use ChatGPT?
Yes, with conditions. What bar guidance says, which tasks are low risk, and what makes AI use defensible when client confidentiality is at stake.
How to anonymize data before using ChatGPT
Replacing names with placeholders is pseudonymization, not anonymization. A step-by-step method for masking data before ChatGPT, and where it breaks down.
Is ChatGPT GDPR compliant?
GDPR compliance depends on how you use ChatGPT, not on the tool. What consumer and business plans allow, and what a firm needs in place to use AI lawfully.
Self-hosted LLM or masked cloud AI: which protects client data better?
An honest comparison of self-hosted LLMs and masked cloud AI for client data: real costs, staffing, the capability gap, and when each choice fits.
Which AI tools don't train on your data?
Which AI plans train on your data, which don't, and why opting out isn't the whole story. Training, retention and human review explained.